Version reporting & module ABI change.

[exim.git] / src / src / EDITME

diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index be15e4ec99b8fc3e5f659911561e5d8a53f4c9ef..833c3f8cac77130f4048bdd8bd9e1368cf507a9e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@ TRANSPORT_SMTP=yes
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # See below for dynamic lookup modules.
 # LOOKUP_MODULE_DIR=/usr/lib/exim/lookups/
+# If not using package management but using this anyway, then think about how
+# you perform upgrades and revert them. You should consider the benefit of
+# embedding the Exim version number into LOOKUP_MODULE_DIR, so that you can
+# maintain two concurrent sets of modules.
+
+# To build a module dynamically, you'll need to define CFLAGS_DYNAMIC for
+# your platform.  Eg:
+# CFLAGS_DYNAMIC=-shared -rdynamic
+# CFLAGS_DYNAMIC=-shared -rdynamic -fPIC
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # These settings determine which file and database lookup methods are included