4 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mail/exim/Makefile b/mail/exim/Makefile
index 0867c3ed61ef..cc9229cc25ee 100644
--- a/mail/exim/Makefile
+++ b/mail/exim/Makefile
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ pre-install:
 	@PKG_PREFIX="${PREFIX}" ${SH} ${PKGINSTALL} ${PKGNAME} PRE-INSTALL
 
 post-install:
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/exim.sh.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d
 .if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
 	${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/exim
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/POST-INSTALL-NOTES ${PREFIX}/share/doc/exim
diff --git a/mail/exim/files/POST-INSTALL-NOTES b/mail/exim/files/POST-INSTALL-NOTES
index 2505505a6d1f..622361aed3a0 100644
--- a/mail/exim/files/POST-INSTALL-NOTES
+++ b/mail/exim/files/POST-INSTALL-NOTES
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ To run Exim instead of sendmail on startup:
    as appropriate in rc.conf(5).
 4) Start exim with appropriate command-line options.
 
+However, if Exim is linked against 3rd-party libraries that are not in
+the standard library search path (such as MySQL), then it should be
+started with ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/exim.sh, after said library support is
+enabled through its own startup script.
+
 You may also want to configure newsyslog(8) to rotate Exim log files:
 
 /var/log/exim/mainlog	mailnull:mail 640 7 * @T00 Z
diff --git a/mail/exim/files/exim.sh.sample b/mail/exim/files/exim.sh.sample
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de6fd4dbcdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/exim/files/exim.sh.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script can be used as an alternative method of starting up Exim.
+# Most installations should simply edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf and then
+# allow the system startup scripts to start Exim as sendmail.
+#
+# However, if Exim is linked against 3rd-party libraries that are not in
+# the standard library search path (such as MySQL), then it should be
+# started here, after said library support is enabled through its own
+# startup script.
+#
+# $Id$
+#
+args='-bd -q30m'
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+        [ -x /usr/local/sbin/exim ] && /usr/local/sbin/exim $args && echo -n ' e
+xim'
+        ;;
+stop)
+        kill `cat /var/run/exim.pid` && echo -n ' exim'
+        ;;
+*)
+        echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
+        exit 64
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/mail/exim/pkg-plist b/mail/exim/pkg-plist
index 996ab003b2a9..39e6876173a6 100644
--- a/mail/exim/pkg-plist
+++ b/mail/exim/pkg-plist
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 etc/exim/configure.default
+etc/rc.d/exim.sh.sample
 info/exim_overview.info
 info/exim.info
 info/exim_filter.info