-.section "Dynamically loaded lookup module support" "SECTdynamicmodules"
+.section "Dynamically loaded module support" "SECTdynamicmodules"
.cindex "lookup modules"
+.cindex "router modules"
.cindex "dynamic modules"
.cindex ".so building"
On some platforms, Exim supports not compiling all lookup types directly into
dependencies.
Most, but not all, lookup types can be built this way.
+.new
+Similarly, router drivers can be built as external modules.
+This permits a smaller exim binary, growing only as needed for the
+runtime cofiguration.
+.wen
+
Set &`LOOKUP_MODULE_DIR`& to the directory into which the modules will be
installed; Exim will only load modules from that directory, as a security
measure. You will need to set &`CFLAGS_DYNAMIC`& if not already defined