-Installing GMail SMTP Relay -on my iPAQ was a mistake. I incorrectly believed it would act as a local SMTP server -and send all its data via a HTTPS connection to Google. Turns out the former is true, but the latter sadly isn't. As -I spent a considerable amount of time trying to get this thing to work, I've documented hereunder what needs to be done. -
--The first requirement isn't available in the World feed, so -you'll have to download SMTP-Server yourself. - -Simply copy the required modules to the right place in /usr/lib/perl5. README is your friend. - -Next, do -
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-ipkg install perl-module-arm-linux-io-socket perl-module-io-socket-inet perl-module-strict \
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-perl-module-vars perl-module-warnings-register perl-module-warnings perl-module-carp perl-module-exporter \
-perl-module-arm-linux-io-handle perl-module-symbol perl-module-selectsaver perl-module-io \
-perl-module-arm-linux-xsloader perl-module-socket perl-module-sys-hostname perl-module-arm-linux-errno \
-perl-module-io-socket-unix perl-module-arm-linux-config perl-module-sys-hostname perl-module-io-socket-inet \
-perl-module-exporter-heavy perl-module-autoloader
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-I also took a small detour install CPAN. In retrospect, that isn't entirely necessary, but I can't tell -which of the following modules might not have been necessary: -
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-ipkg install perl-module-cpan perl-module-cwd perl-module-dirhandle perl-module-extutils-makemaker \
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-perl-module-file-basename perl-module-file-path perl-module-file-copy perl-module-file-find \
-perl-module-filehandle perl-module-text-parsewords perl-module-text-wrap perl-module-file-spec \
-perl-module-extutils-mm perl-module-extutils-liblist perl-module-file-spec-unix perl-module-extutils-liblist-kid \
-perl-module-extutils-mm-unix perl-module-extutils-mm-any perl-module-extutils-my perl-module-arm-linux-io-file \
-perl-module-arm-linux-io-handle perl-module-arm-linux-io-seekable perl-module-fcntl perl-module-arm-linux-safe \
-perl-module-opcode perl-module-subs perl-module-re perl-module-text-tabs perl-module-arm-linux-lib \
-perl-module-overload perl-module-cpan-firsttime perl-module-term-readline
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-At this point, you need to get ready to compile some modules on your own, because that whole CPAN module will make you -very angry. Trust me. -
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-First, prepare your iPAQ for native development. Next,
-replace the busybox gzip with the real one (rm /bin/gzip && ipkg install gzip).
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-Just so you keep the hang of it, install some more modules. -
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-ipkg install perl-module-extutils-manifest perl-module-carp-heavy perl-module-scalar-util \
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-perl-module-test perl-module-digest-md5 perl-module-digest-base perl-module-data-dumper
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-You'll also need the Perl development files. Install them with a simple ipkg install perl-dev_5.8.4-r2_arm.ipk.
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-You are now ready to install some crypto on your machine. OK, you actually already did that with the MD5 module above, but you -probably didn't notice that. -
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-ipkg install openssl
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-Get the OpenSSL development files too. By now you know what to do with such a file. Actually, someone that didn't know that at the top of this document, in all -likelihood stopped reading quite some time ago. -
--We now need to compile and install IO::Socket::SSL. To do that we need, guess what, some more modules... -
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-ipkg install perl-module-extutils-command perl-module-file-compare perl-module-file-glob \
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-perl-module-extutils-install perl-module-extutils-packlist perl-module-autosplit perl-module-file-spec-functions \
-perl-module-extutils-command-mm perl-module-pod-man perl-module-pod-parselink perl-module-pod-parser \
-perl-module-pod-inputobjects perl-module-getopt-long perl-module-constant
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-Another requirement we have to deal with first is Net::SSLeay. In order to compile that one, we need even more Perl modules. I know, it seems hardly possible to have even more -modules, but I guess that's the beauty of modular systems... -
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-ipkg install perl-module-extutils-mkbootstrap perl-module-dynaloader perl-module-mime-base64
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You'll also need to get Digest::HMAC yourself, as it's not in the feed. Untar it and move the 3 files we need to the right position: cp lib/Digest/HMAC* /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/Digest/
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-By now you should be ready to compile IO::Socket::SSL, so go ahead with that. -
--Download and compile TermReadKey. Also -download and compile Proc::Daemon. Now -install just a few more modules, and you're ready to roll!!! -
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-ipkg install perl-module-test-harness perl-module-test-harness-straps perl-module-test-harness-assert \
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-perl-module-test-harness-iterator perl-module-benchmark perl-module-sys-syslog perl-module-arm-linux-io-select
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-You will soon find out who the maintainer of Perl in this distribution is, as he seems to have made a minor mistake somewhere, which -results in all your self-compiled modules being installed in /home/koen/OE/build/tmp/familiar/work/arm-linux/perl-5.8.4-r2/image/usr/. That -is only a minor inconvenience though; simply move them to the corresponding location in /usr/lib/perl5/ and you are -good to go. -
--A special thanks to the people that keep releasing all these goodies, especially the Familiar and -the OpenEmbedded folks!!! -
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