Bug#401491: Enable multiple local_scan libraries to be used

[Marc Haber]

user exim4 at packages.debian.org
reassign #401491 exim4-daemon-heavy
package exim4-daemon-heavy
tags #401491 help
usertags #401491 patch-appreciated valid-bug
thanks

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 03:31:48AM +0100, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> The localscan_dlopen patch makes it possible to provide various scanning 
> packages that can be easily installed without having to recompile Exim. The 
> benefit of this is diminished by the fact that there can only be one 
> local_scan library in use at a time. At the moment, there is only one package 
> of this kind in Debian, but someone could want to write a function of their 
> own in addition.
> 
> The way local_scan functions are called should make it not too hard to call 
> more than one of them. First, treat local_scan_path as a list. Then just 
> dlopen each library in turn and pass the file descriptor (with the correct 
> offset, of course).

The localscan dlopen patch was written by Marc Merlin, of whom I have
not heard in a LONG time. Sorry, I am not programmer enough to fulfil
this request.

Greetings
Marc

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