Compiling VMailMgr with gcc 3.x on Redhat Enterprise 3: HOWTO

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Compiling VMailMgr with gcc 3.x on Redhat Enterprise 3: HOWTO

Summary: Instructions for compiling VMailMgr with gcc 3.x on Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.

VMailMgr 0.96.9 doesn't compile cleanly with gcc 3.x on Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 systems, but I was able to compile it using the following procedure. This procedure may work with other operating systems too, but I have only used it on Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 with gcc 3.2.3.

Build Procedure Commands

wget http://www.vmailmgr.org/current/vmailmgr-0.96.9.tar.gz
wget http://jamesthornton.com/writing/gcc3.patch
tar -xvzf vmailmgr-0.96.9.tar.gz -C /usr/local/src/
cp gcc3.patch /usr/local/src/vmailmgr-0.96.9/
cd /usr/local/src/vmailmgr-0.96.9/
patch -p1 <gcc3.patch
cp /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/depcomp /usr/local/src/vmailmgr-0.96.9/
(Note: Your automake location and version may vary.)
aclocal
./configure
make
make install

Compile Time Errors (Google Fodder So You Can Find This Page)

The following error is fixed by the gcc3.patch:
exec.cc:31: `strcpy' undeclared (first use this function) make[3]: *** [exec.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9/lib/misc' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9/lib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

The following errors are fixed by copying the depcomp file from the automake directory and running aclocal:
Making all in authenticate make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9/authenticate' cd .. && automake --gnu --include-deps authenticate/Makefile configure.in:2: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an configure.in:2: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 configure.in:2: with aclocal and run automake again. authenticate/Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCXX does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL make[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 63 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9/authenticate' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/tmp/vmailmgr-0.96.9' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2