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How to build RPM from Postfix SRPM with PostgreSQL Support?

I do not know how to put this question but I am going to try!

I have SRPM for Postfix-2.5.? from Simon Mudd web site. I want to install Postfix with Postgres-8.3.7 support. I already have PostgreSQL installed on a LINUX CentOS 5.3 machine.

1. Can somebody either point me to a document which describe the procedure of creating a RPM from SRPM as described above -OR- instructions as how to do it,

'postfix.spec', ref. specfile from postfix-2.5.5-1.fc10.src.rpm

Probably edit line 1 and 2
%{?!MYSQL: %define MYSQL 1}
%{?!PGSQL: %define PGSQL 0}

to
%{?!MYSQL: %define MYSQL 0}
%{?!PGSQL: %define PGSQL 1}

And keep the modified spec file in /home/"username"/
and point to it when doing # rpmbuild -bb postfix.spec

... Interesting 'postfix.spec', you can get it with

wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...1.fc10.src.rpm

and unpack the ' src.rpm ' with
rpm2cpio <package> | cpio -idmv
.....
Will build in 2 minutes with the above package on CentOS5.x.
( I have postgresql-8.1.11, don't know, if any problems with 8.3.7 ).
Result : postfix-2.5.5-1.i386.rpm postfix-pflogsumm-2.5.5-1.i386.rpm
You can edit line 43 " Release: 1%{?dist} " to Release: 1pg%{?dist}
( or your choice ) if you want a unique package identifier.
Buildrequires : postgresql-devel setup openldap-devel
pcre-devel cyrus-sasl-devel openssl-devel .
.....
Good luck !
.....

In case you decide to go with Simon J. Mudd, the instructions for building the rpm from the srpm are here. Just export the variables you need -- at least POSTFIX_PGSQL=1, in your case. You might as well install postfix-2.6.1.

I looked at Simon Mudd's instructions. I am not very experienced so they seem to be out of my league. This is what I did:

Go to http://ftp.w10.org/official/2.5/SRPM....6.1-1.srm.rpm
Click OK ; Down load SRPM file
Note: The file will start downloading.

Now rebuild the Postfix application:
%> rpmbuild --rebuild --define “with_pgsql 1” \
> --define “with_devecot 1” --define “with_sasl 1” \
> --define “with_devecot 1” --define “with_tls 1” \
> postfix-2.6.1-1.src.rpm

This will take a long time. If the installation is without errors: SUCCESS

Install the new RPM file created.
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Would somebody is kind enough to let me know if this installation is correct or not?

Jennifer K.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berhanie (Post 3557912)

I experimented with Simon Mudds instructions line-by-line and it seems to work. I need help with one item:

How to add a line to include 'Dovecot'?

I input the line as follows:

% export POSTFIX_dovecot=1

and it did not work.

Jennifer K.

Looks like you need to use capital letters. This is from make-postfix.spec:

Code:

...

#

# POSTFIX_ALT_PRIO      allow the alternative's priority to be changed (default 30)

# POSTFIX_CDB          support for Constant Database, CDB, by Michael Tokarev

#                      <mjt@corpit.ru>, as originally devised by djb.

# POSTFIX_DOVECOT      include support for Dovecot SASL

# POSTFIX_LDAP          include support for openldap packages

# POSTFIX_MYSQL        include support for MySQL's MySQL packages

# POSTFIX_MYSQL_REDHAT  include support for RedHat's mysql packages

# POSTFIX_MYSQL_PATHS  include support for locally installed mysql binary,

#                      providing the colon seperated include and

#                      library directories ( /usr/include/mysql:/usr/lib/mysql )

# POSTFIX_PCRE          include support for pcre maps

# POSTFIX_PGSQL        include support for PostGres database

# POSTFIX_SASL          include Cyrus SASL/AUTH support

#                              0 to disable sasl,

#                              1 for sasl v1, or

#                              2 for sasl v2

# POSTFIX_SMTPD_MULTILINE_GREETING

#                      include support for multitline SMTP banner

# POSTFIX_SPF          include support for libspf2

# POSTFIX_TLS          include support for TLS

# POSTFIX_VDA          include support for Virtual Delivery Agent

#

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