Am Sonntag, dem 18.04.2021 um 08:36 +0200 schrieb Jean-Daniel: > > The forking type exists mainly for compatibility with executables > that are not able to start without forking. > > When an executable as a « foreground » mode, it is usually > recommended to use it instead. > > The snippet I posted come from the official dovecot ubuntu > distribution (from > https://repo.dovecot.org <https://repo.dovecot.org/>) (that’s the one > I’m using). > >
Thanks to every one who brought me on the right track. I reported this now at the Debian BTS. It looks like it's a Debian specific problem. The package there has a patch to enable notify support. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=987125