error on dict_nis.c when compiling postfix

[said76]

Hi,

I am encountering some problems when trying to install Postfix from its source. I am compiling the latest version of Postfix-2.9.3 onto my Ubuntu Server 12.04.

Here is my compilation detail
make makefiles 'CCARGS=-DHAS_MYSQL -I/home/server/mysql/include/mysql -DUSE_TLS -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -DDEF_SERVER_SASL_TYPE=\"dovecot\" -DHAS_PCRE -I/usr/include' 'AUXLIBS=-L/home/server/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -L/usr/local/lib -lssl -lcrypto -L/usr/lib -lpcre'

I am getting the following error messages
../../lib/libutil.a(dict_nis.o): In function `dict_nis_lookup':
/home/src/postfix-2.9.3/src/util/dict_nis.c:173: undefined reference to `yp_match'
/home/src/postfix-2.9.3/src/util/dict_nis.c:187: undefined reference to `yp_match'
../../lib/libutil.a(dict_nis.o): In function `dict_nis_init':
/home/src/postfix-2.9.3/src/util/dict_nis.c:81: undefined reference to `yp_get_default_domain'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [sendmail] Error 1
make: *** [update] Error 1

I tried to google them on the Internet but to no avail. I was wondering if I need a certain package installed prior to postfix installation.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[falko]

Did you install all dependencies with

apt-get build-dep postfix

?

Also, you might want to disable dash by running

dpkg-reconfigure dash

http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-us...untu-12.04-lts should give you some hints.

[said76]

Hi Falko,

Thank you for your reply.

I tried the command "apt-get build-dep postfix" but still got the same error messages as described in my earlier thread.

Falko, thank you for the link. I would definitely use this link in a very short future. As soon as my postfix has been installed successfully, I'm gonna need to refer to the article you posted for guidance.

However, in the article, I noticed you actually installed postfix from the Ubuntu package as opposed to installing it from the source which is what I am trying to do.

Thank you

[falko]

Oh, I was thinking you tried to build Postfix from the deb src package instead of from the real sources.

In that case I'd try the following:

apt-get install build-essential binutils-gold

[said76]

Hi Falko,

Tried to run the command "$ apt-get install build-essential binutils-gold" but unfortunately didn't work. Still the same errors

dict_nis.c:173: error: undefined reference to 'yp_match'
dict_nis.c:187: error: undefined reference to 'yp_match'
dict_nis.c:81: error: undefined reference to 'yp_get_default_domain'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [sendmail] Error 1
make: *** [update] Error 1

This is coming from dict_nis_init. I wonder what kind of header files I'd need for this to be recognized by the server.

I don't know if binutils-dev might do the trick here. It's a trial and error experiment.

Thank you