broken getopt

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:08 AM -0400 Robert Fitzpatrick 
<lists at webtent.net> wrote:

>> > Victor referred me to the archives after finding out I have linked
>> > Postfix with a broken GNU getopt(), but I have not been able to come up
>> > with the solution. My current getopt package is gengetopt-2.11, should
>> > I resort to an earlier version and re-compile Postfix?
>> >
>>
>> Look at the definition of GETOPT in src/util/sys_defs.h, this expects the
>> GNU getopt on Linux, and the standard GETOPT on BSD and other systems.
>> Problems happen when you link with a GNU getopt on a non GNU libc (i.e.
>> Linux) system.
>>
>> If you really must link Postfix with libraries that slurp-up GNU getopt,
>> "fix" the definition of GETOPT() in sys/util/sys_defs.h. Perhaps there
>> should be a CCARGS override for this...
>>
>
> I'll have to say I have no idea what these guys are talking about on the
> Postfix list, it must be some port I've installed that has linked in a
> way they suggest. I have not done anything except install very common
> ports on this FreeBSD mail server with no special linking or compile
> options, etc. All ran smooth until the latest portupgrade of Postfix and
> other related packages - amavisd-new, SpamAssassin, etc. Can someone
> here perhaps suggest how I might track down this problem?
>
make rmconfig, then run install again - this time don't select SPF.  That 
should solve your problem.  The problem isn't with gnu getopt.  It's with 
SPF.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
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University of Texas at Dallas
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