Re: Building on FreeBSD 14.4

Mel P via dovecot <[email protected]> Mon, 18 May 2026 15:59:11 -0700

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On 2026-05-17 16:59, Frank Volf via dovecot wrote:
>     Hi,
> 
>     I'm trying to build dovecot-2.4.4 on FreeBSD 14.4 and I get a strange
>     error message.
[...]
>       make[3]: don't know how to make -L/usr/local/lib. Stop
> 
>       make[3]: stopped making "all" in /home/volf/dovecot-2.4.4/src/auth
>       *** Error code 1

The Dovecot ports use gmake, so you probably need to install and use the 
GNU bintools (gmake, m4, autoconf, etc.) to build it manually.

Also, the PR Michael Grimm posted contains a skeleton for a Dovecot 2.4 
port.  You might try that instead.
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