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diff --git a/doc/wiki/OSCompatibility.txt b/doc/wiki/OSCompatibility.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57c21b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/OSCompatibility.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Operating System Compatibility +============================== + +Dovecot is commonly used with Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Mac +OS X. The following operating systems have also worked at least at some point +in Dovecot's existence: + + * BSD/OS 4.2 + * AIX 4.3 + * HP-UX 11i (Dovecot v1.1+) + * Tru64 ?.? + * UnixWare 7.1.4 + * IRIX 6.5 compiles, but SCM_RIGHTS seems to be broken. + * Cygwin apparently doesn't work nowadays. + * MidnightBSD (ports) + +If there are compiling problems with any OS, please send a bug report that +includes the error messages. + +SCM_RIGHTS +---------- + +There is one slightly problematic feature that Dovecot requires for +implementing privilege separation:*SCM_RIGHTS*. If it doesn't work correctly, +you'll get errors on 'fd_send()' or 'fd_read()' such as: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +imap-login: fd_send(X) failed: Bad file number +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If this happens, you can still use inetd and mailfront +[http://untroubled.org/mailfront/], which executes Dovecot's post-login IMAP or +POP3 binary. You can also try defining 'BUGGY_CMSG_MACROS' in +'src/lib/fdpass.c' to see if it helps. + +Compilers +--------- + +Dovecot should compile with any ANSI-C99 compiler. Dovecot has been known to +compile (at least once in its lifetime) with the following compilers: + + * GCC + * Clang + * Intel CC [http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/clin/] + * Tiny CC [http://www.tinycc.org] + * Sun Studio 11 + * Sun Studio 12 + * AIX xlC + * HP-UX cc + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |