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NAME
makedefs - Postfix makefile configuration utility
SYNOPSIS
make makefiles name=value...
DESCRIPTION
The makedefs command identifies the compilation environment, and emits
macro definitions on the standard output stream that can be prepended to
template Makefiles. These macros implement an internal interface and
are subject to change without notice.
NAME=VALUE OVERRIDES
Default settings can be overruled by specifying them as environment
variables (or as name=value pairs on the "make" command line). Use
quotes if variables contain whitespace or shell meta characters.
The command "make makefiles name=value..." will replace the string
MAIL_VERSION at the end of a value with the Postfix version (major.mi-
nor.patchlevel for a stable release, major.minor-date for a development
release). Do not try to specify something like $mail_version: that pro-
duces inconsistent results with different implementations of the make(1)
command.
AUXLIBS=object_library...
Specifies one or more non-default object libraries. Postfix 3.0
and later specify some of their database library dependencies
with AUXLIBS_CDB, AUXLIBS_LDAP, AUXLIBS_LMDB, AUXLIBS_MONGODB,
AUXLIBS_MYSQL, AUXLIBS_PCRE, AUXLIBS_PGSQL, AUXLIBS_SDBM, and
AUXLIBS_SQLITE, respectively.
CC=compiler_command
Specifies a non-default compiler. On many systems, the default is
gcc.
CCARGS=compiler_arguments
Specifies non-default compiler arguments, for example, a non-de-
fault include directory. The following directives are special:
-DNO_CLOSEFROM
Do not use the system closefom() implementation.
-DNO_DB
Do not build with Berkeley DB support.
-DNO_DEVPOLL
Do not build with Solaris /dev/poll support. By default,
/dev/poll support is compiled in on platforms that are
known to support it.
-DNO_DNSSEC
Do not build with DNSSEC support, even if the resolver li-
brary appears to support it.
-DNO_EPOLL
Do not build with Linux EPOLL support. By default, EPOLL
support is compiled in on platforms that are known to sup-
port it.
-DNO_EAI
Do not build with EAI (SMTPUTF8) support. By default, EAI
support is compiled in when the "pkgconf" or "pkg-config"
command are found, or the deprecated "icu-config" command.
-DNO_INLINE
Do not require support for C99 "inline" functions. In-
stead, implement argument typechecks for
non-(printf/scanf)-like functions with ternary operators
and unreachable code.
-DNO_IPV6
Do not build with IPv6 support. By default, IPv6 support
is compiled in on platforms that are known to have IPv6
support.
Note: this directive is for debugging and testing only. It
is not guaranteed to work on all platforms. If you don't
want IPv6 support, set "inet_protocols = ipv4" in main.cf.
-DNO_IP_CYRUS_SASL_AUTH
Don't pass remote SMTP client and Postfix SMTP server IP
address and port information to the Cyrus SASL library.
This is compatible with Postfix < 3.2.
-DNO_KQUEUE
Do not build with FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/MacOSX KQUEUE
support. By default, KQUEUE support is compiled in on
platforms that are known to support it.
-DNO_NIS
Do not build with NIS or NISPLUS support. Support for NIS
is unavailable on some recent Linux distributions.
-DNO_NISPLUS
Do not build with NISPLUS support. Support for NISPLUS is
unavailable on some recent Solaris distributions.
-DNO_PCRE
Do not build with PCRE support. By default, PCRE support
is compiled in when the pcre2-config or pcre-config util-
ity are installed.
-DNO_POSIX_GETPW_R
Disable support for POSIX getpwnam_r/getpwuid_r.
-DNO_RES_NCALLS
Do not build with the threadsafe resolver(5) API
(res_ninit() etc.).
-DNO_SIGSETJMP
Use setjmp()/longjmp() instead of sigsetjmp()/sig-
longjmp(). By default, Postfix uses sigsetjmp()/sig-
longjmp() when they appear to work.
-DNO_SNPRINTF
Use sprintf() instead of snprintf(). By default, Postfix
uses snprintf() except on ancient systems.
DEBUG=debug_level
Specifies a non-default debugging level. The default is -g.
Specify DEBUG= to turn off debugging.
OPT=optimization_level
Specifies a non-default optimization level. The default is -O.
Specify OPT= to turn off optimization.
POSTFIX_INSTALL_OPTS=-option...
Specifies options for the postfix-install command, separated by
whitespace. Currently, the only supported option is
-keep-build-mtime.
SHLIB_CFLAGS=flags
Override the compiler flags (typically, "-fPIC") for Postfix dy-
namically-linked libraries and database plugins.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
SHLIB_RPATH=rpath
Override the runpath (typically, "'-Wl,-rpath,${SHLIB_DIR}'") for
Postfix dynamically-linked libraries.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
SHLIB_SUFFIX=suffix
Override the filename suffix (typically, ".so") for Postfix dy-
namically-linked libraries and database plugins.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
shared=yes
shared=no
Enable (disable) Postfix builds with dynamically-linked libraries
typically named $shlib_directory/libpostfix-*.so.*.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
dynamicmaps=yes
dynamicmaps=no
Enable (disable) Postfix builds with the configuration file
$meta_directory/dynamicmaps.cf and dynamically-loadable database
plugins typically named postfix-*.so.*. The setting "dynam-
icmaps=yes" implicitly enables Postfix dynamically-linked li-
braries.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
pie=yes
pie=no Enable (disable) Postfix builds with position-independent exe-
cutables, on platforms where this is supported.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
installation_parameter=value...
Override the compiled-in default value of the specified installa-
tion parameter(s). The following parameters are supported in this
context:
command_directory config_directory daemon_directory data_direc-
tory default_database_type html_directory mail_spool_directory
mailq_path manpage_directory meta_directory newaliases_path
queue_directory readme_directory sendmail_path shlib_directory
openssl_path
See the postconf(5) manpage for a description of these parame-
ters.
This feature was introduced with Postfix 3.0.
WARN=warning_flags
Specifies non-default gcc compiler warning options for use when
"make" is invoked in a source subdirectory only.
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
Wietse Venema
Google, Inc.
111 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10011, USA
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