[Dovecot] problems compiling

[Imre Gergely]

nope, i don't want that. i know that you can install in some custom specified
directory, but i want to install all in the default location. i mean i want to
build a RPM file which in turn will install all in the default location.

i compiled it and installed it with make, make install, that worked fine (with
--prefix too). i just want a RPM file, and i _don't_ want to build it as root.

that specfile included in the tar.gz looks fine, the problem is the plugins
won't install in the temporary location, it wants to install it direct in the
root directory, during the rpmbuild process, that's not so good :)

Mario Nigrovic-rvvk40 wrote:
> I also run/compile Dovecot as a non-root user.  What I think you want to
> do, instead of just moving the modules, is to provide a "--prefix" which
> will be the parent directory of bin, sbin, etc ...  all the
> subdirectories where files will be installed.
> 
> My exact configure line is
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/home/mario/tools/SunOS
> --with-gnu-ld=/_TOOLS_/dist/gnu-gcc-3.2.2-binutils-2.13.2.1/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ld
> --enable-shared --disable-nls --disable-ipv6 --enable-debug
> --without-vpopmail --without-pop3d
> 
> So all files get installed in my /home/mario/tools/SunOS tree.  I then
> start dovecot with
> 
> /home/mario/tools/SunOS/sbin/dovecot
> 
>                     Mario
> Imre Gergely wrote:
>> the same happens, now with this directory:
>>
>> Making install in quota
>> make[3]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/plugins/quota'
>> make[4]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/plugins/quota'
>> mkdir -p -- /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/dovecot': Permission denied
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/dovecot': Permission denied
>> make[4]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1
>>
>> i think it has something to do with some DESTDIR variable. i don't know
>> exactly, but take a look at this:
>>
>> Making install in pop3
>> make[2]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/pop3'
>> make[3]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/pop3'
>> test -z "/var/tmp/root-dovecot-1.0.beta1/usr/libexec/dovecot" || mkdir
>> -p --
>> "/var/tmp/root-dovecot-1.0.beta1/usr/libexec/dovecot"
>>   /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c 'pop3'
>> '/var/tmp/root-dovecot-1.0.beta1/usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3'
>> /usr/bin/install -c pop3
>> /var/tmp/root-dovecot-1.0.beta1/usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
>>
>> it should install the plugins in
>> /var/tmp/root-dovecot.../usr/lib/dovecot too.
>> so builddir is /usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1 (rpmbuild
>> creates
>> this), and installdir (destdir) is in /var/tmp/root-dovecot-1.0.beta1,
>> where
>> make install should put all the files to be installed. i found this in
>> the
>> ChangeLog also:
>>
>> 2005-12-10 22:25  Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>
>>
>>         * src/: lib-dict/Makefile.am, plugins/imap-quota/Makefile.am,
>>           plugins/quota/Makefile.am, plugins/trash/Makefile.am: Added
>>           missing header files. Fixed plugin install hooks to use
>> DESTDIR.
>>
>> somehow it doesn't work for me.
>>
>>
>> John Gray wrote:
>>
>>> Try adding:
>>>
>>> --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules
>>>
>>> when calling configure.  That fixed this for me.
>>>
>>> It seems to me when need to fix the default value of moduledir to not
>>> confilict with the libdir (or libexecdir).
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Imre Gergely wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi
>>>>
>>>> i downloaded dovecot-1.0.beta1.tar.gz, did a rpmbuild -ta
>>>> dovecot-1.0.beta1.tar.gz (which uses the dovecot.spec from the
>>>> tar.gz), and got
>>>> the following:
>>>>
>>>> Making install in quota
>>>> make[3]: Entering directory
>>>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/plugins/quota'
>>>> make[4]: Entering directory
>>>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/plugins/quota'
>>>> mkdir -p -- /usr/lib/dovecot/imap /usr/lib/dovecot/lda
>>>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/dovecot': Permission denied
>>>> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/dovecot': Permission denied
>>>> make[4]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1
>>>> make[4]: Leaving directory
>>>> `/usr/src/gimre/rpm2/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta1/src/plugins/quota'
>>>> make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
>>>>
>>>> so everything did compile alright, but it has some problems with
>>>> installing the
>>>> plugins. and i dunno why it tries to create those directories in the
>>>> root
>>>> directory. of course i'm compiling it as a non-root users, so it
>>>> doesn't have
>>>> any write permissions. and it normally shouldn't have to do an
>>>> install in
>>>> directories other then buildroot.
>>>>
>>>> so what's the catch? if i disable from the src/Makefile.in to not
>>>> compile the
>>>> plugins, everything works fine, i got a nice rpm file. i'm on Fedora
>>>> Core 4.
>>>>
>>>> any help would be appreciated. thx.
>