How to build Postfix with SASL1 or SASL2

What's the problem here?

Building Postfix from source using the correct pairs of includes and libraries seems to be a tough challenge to many -- even advanced users.

Locate the include files

% find / -name sasl.h | xargs ls -l
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        35389 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/include/sasl.h
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        47086 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/include/sasl/sasl.h

So, which is which?

Look into the sasl.h files: /usr/local/include/sasl/sasl.h contains:

#define SASL_VERSION_MAJOR 2
#define SASL_VERSION_MINOR 1
#define SASL_VERSION_STEP 13

This is version 2.1.13.

and /usr/local/include/sasl.h:

#define SASL_VERSION_MAJOR 1
#define SASL_VERSION_MINOR 5
#define SASL_VERSION_STEP 27

This is version 1.5.27.

So, if I want SASL2 in Postfix, I need to use CCARGS="-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/local/include/sasl".

So, if I want SASL1, I need to use CCARGS="-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/local/include".

Locate the library files

% find / -name 'libsasl*' | xargs ls -l
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       458562 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          694 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.la
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.so -> libsasl.so.7.1.10
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.so.7 -> libsasl.so.7.1.10
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       208168 Jan 18 13:24 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.so.7.1.10
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       201319 Okt 11  2001 /usr/local/lib/libsasl.so.7.1.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1260616 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          690 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.la
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.so -> libsasl2.so.2.0.13
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.so.2 -> libsasl2.so.2.0.13
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       286100 Jan 18 13:51 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.10
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       288003 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.13
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       217802 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          714 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.la
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so -> libsasldb.so.2.0.13
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2 -> libsasldb.so.2.0.13
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       115991 Jan 18 13:51 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.10
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       102959 Mai 14 22:52 /usr/local/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.13

The SASL1 libs are in /usr/local/lib, named libsasl.*
The SASL2 libs are in /usr/local/lib, named libsasl2.*

So, if I want SASL1, I need to use AUXLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lsasl"
So, if I want SASL2, I need to use AUXLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lsasl2"

Combine, Dr. Watson

For SASL2:

CCARGS="-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/local/include/sasl"
AUXLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lsasl2" \
make makefiles && \
make

SASL1:

CCARGS="-DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/local/include"
AUXLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lsasl" \
make makefiles && \
make

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This file was last modified 17. Jan 2007 by root