On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:58:27 -0500 (EST) "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jald...@debian.org> wrote:
> severity 696382 normal > thanks > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Alexander Galanin wrote: > > > Package: dovecot-common > > Version: 1:1.2.15-7 > > Severity: important > > > > I performed upgrade of dovecto from version 1.2.15-7 (squeeze) to > > 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1 (squeeze-backports). After that I purged > > dovecot-common and it has removed my dovecot config file! > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1. Install dovecot, dovecot-imapd and dovecot-common from stable. > > 2. Make sure that /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf exists > > 3. Upgrade dovecot to 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1 > > 4. Purge old dovecot packages (dovecot-common) > > 5. Check that /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf exists > > > > Result: > > File /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf removed during dovecot-common's > > postrm script execution (lines 8-13). > > But this file is needed for new dovecot version to work! > > > > In 2.1.7.x dovecot-common is replaced by dovecot-core. It seems like you > don't have dovecot-core installed even though it is a dependency of that > version of dovecot-common. How did that happen? dovecot-core (version 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1) is installed. But I installed dovecot and dovecot-core from aptitude without upgrading dovecot-common from 1:1.2.15-7 to 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1. -- Alexander Galanin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
