Platform :
FreeBSD
Mail Server :
Exim
Purpose :
Make Exim to start deliver all frozen messages.
Showing posts with label Exim Email Server. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exim Email Server. Show all posts
2011-04-25
2010-01-04
FreeBSD - ports install Exim email server with patch error
Learned another thing today. The ports tree is just a repository of available software, it can be deleted & regenerated. Why would some one wants to delete the ports tree? It needed to be delete and regenerated because some patch was downloaded incorrectly and the problem stubbornly persists.
Sample of the error :
The error complained about a patch file which the patch file did exists.
What have been tried :
After meddling around for a few minutes, still no clue. Is time to check out :
Sample of the error :
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for exim-4.71 Ignoring previously applied (or reversed) patch. 2 out of 2 hunks ignored--saving rejects to src/daemon.c.rej => Patch patch-src-daemon.c failed to apply cleanly. => Patch(es) patch-OS::Makefile-FreeBSD patch-scripts::exim_install applied cleanly. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/mail/exim. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/mail/exim.
The error complained about a patch file which the patch file did exists.
What have been tried :
portsnap fetch update;make
NO, it didn't workmake clean;make rmconfig;make
NO, it didn't workmake config, deselect all options, make
NO, it didn't workrm -rf /usr/ports/distfiles/exim then make
NO, it didn't work
After meddling around for a few minutes, still no clue. Is time to check out :
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