[Dovecot] Error reading configuration file

[Gavin Henry]

<quote who="Justin Pearce">
> Good day,
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> I seem to be having an issue using dovecot 1.0 rc15. I compiled the
> source with the following configure command:
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> CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/mysql" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib/mysql"
> -lmysqlclient" ./configure -with-mysql -with-sql-drivers=mysql
>
>
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> Did make and make install and set the dovecot-example.conf to
> dovecot.conf and tried running the program and got the following error:
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> Error: Error in configuration file on line 50: expecting '='
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> Line 50 of the default config is a comment, which struck me as odd. So,
> I uninstalled and tried building with no options. I did a make
> uninstall, removed the /usr/local/lib/dovecot directory did make and
> make install and tried the program. This time it didn't crash about the
> config file, but the mail.err log notes that the child processes died on
> an error 89, apparently unable to figure our what pam was.
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>
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> I'm wondering why the thing seems to work if I do not build for mysql
> but if I want mysql, it breaks in the manner it does? Is it a bug, or am
> I doing it wrong (which is a real possibility). Any help soon would be
> appreciated, as my boss keeps asking 'So, when is that mail server going
> to be done?'. :)
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>

Hi Justin,

Are RPMs an option?

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