2.3. Building mpd

If you choose to build mpd yourself to customize it, the process is straightforward. First, edit the Makefile to define (or undefine) the various device types and options you want to support. Then type make depend all to rebuild the binary.

The various build-time definitions in the Makefile are below:

MPD_CONF_DIR

The default configuration directory where mpd looks for mpd.conf, mpd.links, etc.

PHYSTYPE_MODEM

PHYSTYPE_TCP

PHYSTYPE_UDP

PHYSTYPE_NG_SOCKET

PHYSTYPE_PPTP

Define these to include support for the corresponding device type.

COMPRESSION_PRED1

COMPRESSION_STAC

COMPRESSION_MPPC

COMPRESSION_DEFLATE

These enable support for the corresponding compression types. Note that STAC and MPPC compression require proprietary source files that are not included. DEFLATE is unimplemented. All of these are not very well tested.

ENCRYPTION_DES

ENCRYPTION_MPPE

These enable support for the corresponding encryption types.

MICROSOFT_CHAP

Enables support for Microsoft style CHAP (versions 1 and 2). Note that this option is implied by the ENCRYPTION_MPPE option.

SYSLOG_FACILITY

Mpd normally logs via syslog(3) using the facility LOG_DAEMON. You can customize the facility here.