Re: Exim 4.99 mysql and pgsql lookups

Hi Cyborg,

Thank you for the info - much appreciated.

Best wishes,

Harry

On 26/11/2025 08:35, Cyborg via Exim-users wrote:
> Am 25.11.25 um 17:33 schrieb Harry Mills via Exim-users:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Apologies if this has been covered, but I can't find any references 
>> to an issue we are seeing:
>>
>> We use both Postgres and Mysql lookups in our Exim configs. Since the 
>> upgrade to Exim-4.99 we are seeing these errors:
>
>> The base OS is Rocky Linux and both Rocky 8 and Rocky 9 are affected 
>> the same way. The Exim packages are installed from EPEL.
>
> Your Package Maintainer made the same mistake as the Fedora one. The 
> makefile for the lookup libraries has been changed. The buildprocess 
> from Rocky needs to reflect this change.
>
> As a workaround, you can symlink the mysql.so as mysql_lookup.so , 
> same for postgre. Search in /usr/ for exims lookup directory, you will 
> find the libs there. The exact path depends on your distro.
>
> See here:
>
> https://marius.bloggt-in-braunschweig.de/2025/11/17/fedora-exim-4-99-1-packages-have-defective-mysql-backend/ 
>
>
> best regards,
> Cyborg
>
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