• Postfix
• 2.7.0_for_RPM

Postfix/2.7.0_for_RPM

Simon Mudd has built up-to-date RPMs for Postfix in the past. There isn't yet one for 2.7.0, but there *is* a guide.

http://www.kutukupret.com/2010/02/08/compiling-postfix-2-7-0-as-rpm-package/

My own attempt

• download the srpm

• rpm -Uvh on drydock

• new files

  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   18K Feb 23 19:35 README-Postfix-SASL-RedHat.txt
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  3.3K Feb 23 19:35 make-postfix.rpm
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   42K Feb 23 19:35 postfix.spec.in
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build    49 Feb 23 19:35 postfix-sasl.conf
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   507 Feb 23 19:35 postfix-saslauthd.conf
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   116 Feb 23 19:35 postfix-pam.conf
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   679 Feb 23 19:35 postfix-makedefs.patch
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  6.8K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-get-distribution
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  1.5K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-files.patch
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  2.4K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-etc-init.d-postfix
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  5.6K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-dict_cdb-1.1.11-20021104.tar.gz
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   11K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-chroot.sh
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  2.3K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-aliases
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  3.2M Feb 23 19:35 postfix-2.6.5.tar.gz
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  3.6K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-2.6.0-multiline-greeting.patch
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   13K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-2.5.4-vda-ng.patch.gz
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   25K Feb 23 19:35 postfix-2.3.2_libspf2-1.2.x-20060819.patch
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build  8.6K Feb 23 19:35 postfinger-1.30
  -rw-rw-r--  1 build build   14K Feb 23 19:35 make-postfix.spec

• mv postfix-2.7.0.tar.gz into SOURCES

• start hacking those source files, find instances of '2.6'

  postfix-2.6.0-multiline-greeting.patch
  postfix-files.patch
  postfix.spec.in

  • rename postfix-2.6.0-multiline-greeting.patch to postfix-2.7.0-multiline-greeting.patch
  • edit postfix-2.6.0-multiline-greeting.patch and change 2.6 to 2.7
  • edit postfix-files.patch and update 2.6 to 2.7
  • edit postfix.spec.in

    • set V_postfix to 2.7.0

    • rename the src of the multiline greeting patch to 2.7.0
    • throw your junk in the changelog

• some shell exports to tell the specfile-maker what to do

  # customise this as you see fit, we don't want everything necessarily
  export POSTFIX_DOVECOT=1
  export POSTFIX_LDAP=1
  export POSTFIX_MYSQL_REDHAT=1
  export POSTFIX_PCRE=1
  export POSTFIX_PGSQL=1
  export POSTFIX_SASL=2
  export POSTFIX_SMTPD_MULTILINE_GREETING=1
  export POSTFIX_TLS=1
  export POSTFIX_VDA=0
  export POSTFIX_DB=4
  #export POSTFIX_CDB=1 # requires the tinycdb package
  #export POSTFIX_RBL_MAPS=1 # needed?

• sh SOURCES/make-postfix.spec

  Creating Postfix spec file: /home/build/rpm/SPECS/postfix.spec
    Checking rpm database for distribution information...
    - if the script gets stuck here:
      check and remove /var/lib/rpm/__db.00? files
    Distribution is: redhat-release-5Server-5.4.0.3 (rhel-5.0)
  
    enabling CDB support in spec file
    enabling LDAP support in spec file by default (disable with POSTFIX_LDAP=0)
    enabling PCRE support in spec file
    enabling PostGres support in spec file
    enabling MySQL support (RedHat mysql* packages) in spec file
    enabling Cyrus SASL v2 support in spec file
    enabling Dovecot SASL support in spec file
    enabling TLS support in spec file by default (disable with POSTFIX_TLS=0)

• rpmbuild --sign -ba SPECS/postfix.spec

  error: Failed build dependencies:
          tinycdb is needed by postfix-2.7.0-1.cdb.pcre.pgsql.mysql.sasl2.dovecot.rhel5.x86_64

• Can get it here, or just not bother: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2007-September/002012.html

• Huzzah!

  Wrote: /home/build/rpm/SRPMS/postfix-2.7.0-1.pcre.pgsql.mysql.sasl2.dovecot.rhel5.src.rpm
  Wrote: /home/build/rpm/RPMS/rh5Server/x86_64/postfix-2.7.0-1.pcre.pgsql.mysql.sasl2.dovecot.rhel5.anchor.rh5Server.x86_64.rpm
  Wrote: /home/build/rpm/RPMS/rh5Server/x86_64/postfix-debuginfo-2.7.0-1.pcre.pgsql.mysql.sasl2.dovecot.rhel5.anchor.rh5Server.x86_64.rpm