[dovecot] passwd-file; configure args..

[Jesse Peterson]

I couldn't reproduce this again (because i can't get imap-master running 
due to problem below..) but.. When compiling without shadow, passwd, or 
pam, when logging in I get after a successful login (in my syslog):
Dec 28 22:39:38 badcase imap(username): MAIL environment missing and 
autodetection failed (home /some/home/directory)
Now I thought this was covered in a previous fix before (ChangeLog: 
"2002-12-17 03:00  Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>")  but for some reason 
it's broken again..?


The configure args problem has to do with --localstatedir.  If i leave 
it default (PREFIX/var) it forces me (even with non-relative pathnames 
in the config file) for the socket-files (ssl_parameters_file, 
login_dir) that should go in /var/run to be put under PREFIX, 
(/usr/local for NetBSD 1.6).  Not too bad, if I could override it in the 
config file, which I can't.  So I ./configure'd with --localstatedir=/, 
and when I run imap-master I now get:
Fatal: Can't create directory //run/dovecot: No such file or directory
Somewhat odd.

Any clues on either of these would be helpful, thanks.


-- 
Jesse Peterson
erage at softhome.net