Am 22.09.2014 um 13:44 schrieb David Myers: > @Reindl. > > I copied my conf.d folder as I deleted all the dovecot files in etc/dovecot > use/etc/dovecot etc ... ... > > When I installed the new 2.2.13 version it didn't seem to want to put the > lmtp executable into the location that dovecot was expecting ? So I found > the file and copied it to where it was expected to be.
and there started your mistake just test builds somewhere and realize if it comes to "so i found the file and copied it" something went terrible wrong - that's why you build usually *packages* - rpmbuild complains as long you have not listed all files in the %files section or if there are listed ones no longer built for a clean upgrade you need to replace *every* file and in doubt get rid of orphans - just build packages or use a virtual machine with a snapshot to try as long you know what lives where > I then copied my old (backed up) conf.d bact to etc/dovecot/conf.d/ > Performed a restart of dovecot, and got the above error. > > Quite simple really. But where else does dovecot store files, so as I can > get all the errant files. /usr/bin/ /usr/lib64/dovecot /usr/libexec/ /var/lib/dovecot > David. > On 22 Sep 2014 12:37, "Reindl Harald" <h.rei...@thelounge.net> wrote: > >> >> Am 22.09.2014 um 12:32 schrieb Dave Myers: >>> Hello again dovecot list ;) >>> >>> I've recently upgraded my dovecot version from 2.1.7 to 2.2.13. >>> both versions where installed from source. >>> >>> I upgraded why attempting to get lmtp working. I ultimately just coped >> the executable lmtp to the location that >>> dovecot was expecting it to be in. but then the above error appeared. >> >> why do you copy files around? >> >> if you update a software then make it complete and not >> copy random files around - installing from source would >> in general be better done by build packages because >> they care about obsoleted files and so on >> >>> However when I get the info from dovecot I get the following... >>> >>> $ dovecot -n >>> # 2.2.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >>> >>> so there seems to be an issue somewhere. >>> >>> I should note that I had copied my previous /conf.d/ files and then >> copied them back after the update. >>> >>> I guess that I have missed a switch during the build, or need to modify >> a line in the config somewhere that tells >>> what the version is, but that doesn't explain why the dovecot -n returns >> the correct info, but the error reports >>> something different. >>> >>> I am considering inserting the >>> version_ignore=yes >>> config option, but where should I insert it? >> >> no, you should make sure that you have only one version installed >> on your system and no old craft staying around
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