-# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.14 2005/08/01 13:20:28 ph10 Exp $
+# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.20 2007/01/22 16:29:54 ph10 Exp $
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# The Exim mail transport agent #
# THESE ARE THINGS YOU PROBABLY WANT TO SPECIFY #
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+# If you need extra header file search paths on all compiles, put the -I
+# options in INCLUDE. If you want the extra searches only for certain
+# parts of the build, see more specific xxx_INCLUDE variables below.
+
+# INCLUDE=-I/example/include
+
# You need to specify some routers and transports if you want the Exim that you
# are building to be capable of delivering mail. You almost certainly need at
# least one type of lookup. You should consider whether you want to build
# the command for linking Exim itself, not on any auxiliary programs. You
# 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.
+# PostgreSQL, -lgds is for Interbase, -lsqlite3 is for SQLite.
# 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
+# LOOKUP_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lldap -llber -lmysqlclient -lpq -lgds -lsqlite3
+
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Compiling the Exim monitor: If you want to compile the Exim monitor, a
EXIM_MONITOR=eximon.bin
+
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Compiling Exim with content scanning support: If you want to compile Exim
# with support for message body content scanning, set WITH_CONTENT_SCAN to
# AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes
# AUTH_CYRUS_SASL=yes
+# AUTH_DOVECOT=yes
# AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes
# AUTH_SPA=yes
# configuration of an authenticator for use with SMTP AUTH.) At least one
# operating system has an extended function called crypt16(), which uses up to
# 16 characters of a password (the normal crypt() uses only the first 8). Exim
-# supports the use of crypt16() as well as crypt().
+# supports the use of crypt16() as well as crypt() but note the warning below.
# You can always indicate a crypt16-encrypted password by preceding it with
# "{crypt16}". If you want the default handling (without any preceding
# an encrypted password with "{crypt}". For more details, see the description
# of the "crypteq" condition in the manual chapter on string expansions.
-# Since most operating systems do not include a crypt16() function (yet?), Exim
-# has one of its own, which it uses unless HAVE_CRYPT16 is defined. Normally,
-# that will be set in an OS-specific Makefile for the OS that have such a
-# function, so you should not need to bother with it.
+# Some operating systems do not include a crypt16() function, so Exim has one
+# of its own, which it uses unless HAVE_CRYPT16 is defined. Normally, that will
+# be set in an OS-specific Makefile for the OS that have such a function, so
+# you should not need to bother with it.
+
+# *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
+# It turns out that the above is not entirely accurate. As well as crypt16()
+# there is a function called bigcrypt() that some operating systems have. This
+# may or may not use the same algorithm, and both of them may be different to
+# Exim's built-in crypt16() that is used unless HAVE_CRYPT16 is defined.
+#
+# However, since there is now a move away from the traditional crypt()
+# functions towards using SHA1 and other algorithms, tidying up this area of
+# Exim is seen as very low priority. In practice, if you need to, you can
+# define DEFAULT_CRYPT to the name of any function that has the same interface
+# as the traditional crypt() function.
+# *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# USE_READLINE=yes
-# You may need to add -ldl to EXTRA_LIBS when you set USE_READLINE=yes.
+# You may need to add -ldl to EXTRALIBS when you set USE_READLINE=yes.
# Note that this option adds to the size of the Exim binary, because the
# dynamic loading library is not otherwise included.
# SUPPORT_MOVE_FROZEN_MESSAGES=yes
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Disabling the use of fsync(): DO NOT UNCOMMENT THE FOLLOWING LINE unless you
+# really, really, really know what you are doing. And even then, think again.
+# You should never uncomment this when compiling a binary for distribution.
+# Use it only when compiling Exim for your own use.
+#
+# Uncommenting this line enables the use of a runtime option called
+# disable_fsync, which can be used to stop Exim using fsync() to ensure that
+# files are written to disc before proceeding. When this is disabled, crashes
+# and hardware problems such as power outages can cause data to be lost. This
+# feature should only be used in very exceptional circumstances. YOU HAVE BEEN
+# WARNED.
+
+# ENABLE_DISABLE_FSYNC=yes
+
# End of EDITME for Exim 4.
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