[Mailman-Users] Question about config.log

[Mark Sapiro]

Mike Smith wrote:

>I posted a problem earlier, and I was wondering, here is an excerpt from my
>config.log
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>> configure:2623: checking for --with-username
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>> configure:2637: result: mailman
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>> configure:2642: checking for user name "mailman"
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>> configure:2690: result: okay
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>> configure:2695: checking for --with-groupname
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>> configure:2709: result: mailman
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>> configure:2715: checking for group name "mailman"
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>> configure:2763: result: okay
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>> configure:2767: checking permissions on /home/mailman/
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>> configure:2822: result: okay
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>> configure:2828: checking for mail wrapper group; i.e. --with-mail-gid
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>> configure:2892: result: exim
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>> configure:2896: checking for CGI wrapper group; i.e. --with-cgi-gid
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>> configure:2961: result: mailman
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>> configure:2967: checking for CGI extensions
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>> configure:2982: result: no
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>whats that CGI extensions part?
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>is that necessary?
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>it compiles as normal.

>From the INSTALL document:

      --with-cgi-ext=<extension>
            Specify an extension for cgi-bin programs.  The CGI
            wrappers placed in $PREFIX/cgi-bin will have this
            extension (some web servers require an extension).
            <extension> must include the dot.

In other words, if your web server requires cgi-bin programs to be
named xxx.ext instead of just xxx you would specify
--with-cgi-ext=.ext with your configure command. You didn't do that,
and probably didn't need to.

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