Support pkg-config for SSL libraries.

[exim.git] / src / src / EDITME

diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index 7e426eaabe99ce4e6e053bb37bd970a2d2a64145..fc57054bfc0ac5cf5cf09911c81212fa20221311 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ TRANSPORT_SMTP=yes
 # the dynamic library and not the exim binary will be linked against the
 # library.
 # NOTE: LDAP cannot be built as a module!
+#
+# If your system has pkg-config then the _INCLUDE/_LIBS setting can be
+# handled for you automatically by also defining the _PC variable to reference
+# the name of the pkg-config package, if such is available.
 
 LOOKUP_DBM=yes
 LOOKUP_LSEARCH=yes
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@ LOOKUP_DNSDB=yes
 # LOOKUP_PASSWD=yes
 # LOOKUP_PGSQL=yes
 # LOOKUP_SQLITE=yes
+# LOOKUP_SQLITE_PC=sqlite3
 # LOOKUP_WHOSON=yes
 
 # These two settings are obsolete; all three lookups are compiled when
@@ -342,6 +347,8 @@ PCRE_LIBS=-lpcre
 # don't need to set LOOKUP_INCLUDE if the relevant directories are already
 # specified in INCLUDE. The settings below are just examples; -lpq is for
 # PostgreSQL, -lgds is for Interbase, -lsqlite3 is for SQLite.
+#
+# You do not need to use this for any lookup information added via pkg-config.
 
 # LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I /usr/local/ldap/include -I /usr/local/mysql/include -I /usr/local/pgsql/include
 # LOOKUP_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lldap -llber -lmysqlclient -lpq -lgds -lsqlite3
@@ -554,6 +561,9 @@ FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 # AUTH_CYRUS_SASL=yes
 # AUTH_DOVECOT=yes
 # AUTH_GSASL=yes
+# AUTH_GSASL_PC=libgsasl
+# AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI=yes
+# AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI_PC=heimdal-gssapi
 # AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes
 # AUTH_SPA=yes
 
@@ -561,10 +571,13 @@ FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # If you specified AUTH_CYRUS_SASL above, you should ensure that you have the
 # Cyrus SASL library installed before trying to build Exim, and you probably
-# want to uncomment the first line below.  Similarly for GNU SASL.
+# want to uncomment the first line below.
+# Similarly for GNU SASL, unless pkg-config is used via AUTH_GSASL_PC.
+# Ditto for AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI(_PC).
 
 # AUTH_LIBS=-lsasl2
 # AUTH_LIBS=-lgsasl
+# AUTH_LIBS=-lgssapi -lheimntlm -lkrb5 -lhx509 -lcom_err -lhcrypto -lasn1 -lwind -lroken -lcrypt
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -657,11 +670,14 @@ HEADERS_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
 # This setting is required for any TLS support (either OpenSSL or GnuTLS)
 # SUPPORT_TLS=yes
 
-# Uncomment this setting if you are using OpenSSL
+# Uncomment one of these settings if you are using OpenSSL; pkg-config vs not
+# USE_OPENSSL_PC=openssl
 # TLS_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto
 
-# Uncomment these settings if you are using GnuTLS
+# Uncomment the first and either the second or the third of these if you
+# are using GnuTLS.  If you have pkg-config, then the second, else the third.
 # USE_GNUTLS=yes
+# USE_GNUTLS_PC=gnutls
 # TLS_LIBS=-lgnutls -ltasn1 -lgcrypt
 
 # If you are running Exim as a server, note that just building it with TLS
@@ -672,6 +688,11 @@ HEADERS_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
 # if you are running Exim only as a client, building it with TLS support
 # is all you need to do.
 
+# If you are using pkg-config then you should not need to worry where the
+# libraries and headers are installed, as the pkg-config .pc specification
+# should include all -L/-I information necessary.  If not using pkg-config
+# then you might need to specify the locations too.
+
 # Additional libraries and include files are required for both OpenSSL and
 # GnuTLS. The TLS_LIBS settings above assume that the libraries are installed
 # with all your other libraries. If they are in a special directory, you may