[Dovecot] Debian packages for dovecot 1.1.x

[Seth Mattinen]

Jules M wrote:
> Am 09.01.2009 um 17:03 schrieb Seth Mattinen:
> 
>> Jules M wrote:
>>> Am 08.01.2009 um 23:43 schrieb Seth Mattinen:
>>>> Seth Mattinen wrote:
>>>>> Because I'm tired of seeing Debian users look like idiots for using 
>>>>> such horribly out of date versions just because they run "stable", 
>>>>> I've set up a page with .deb packages of my 1.1.x rebuilds for use 
>>>>> under lenny.
>>>>> http://www.rollernet.us/opensource/
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I'm retarded; I meant to say these packages are for use under 
>>>> etch aka the current "stable". Carry on.
>>>>
>>>> ~Seth
>>> Hi Seth,
>>> thanks you for the work.
>>> However are you absolutley positive these .debs are built for the 
>>> current stable Debian 4.0 "etch"?
>>> Just tried to install them on a etch vm (openvz). They dont install.
>>> The errors indicates the packages are actually build against "lenny" 
>>> aka unstable.
>>> All on my test environment:
>>> # cat /etc/debian_version
>>> 4.0
>>> # uname -r
>>> 2.6.18-12-fza-686-bigmem
>>
>> My mistake; the i368 versions are different than the amd64 versions (I 
>> use 64 bit systems, so the 64 bit packages are be OK). I don't have a 
>> proper build host for i386 handy at the moment.
>>
>> ~Seth
> 
> Nevermind. I was able to build v1.1.8 for i368 from the "experimental" 
> sources against "etch" myself now.
> Had to use dpkg-buildpackage -d to circumvent the dependency on a newer 
> drac-dev, not available in etch.
> 
> They install ok, have to test them now.
> 


The updated drac-dev can be installed in the same manner and removed 
after build. I'm actually surprised that testing might go with 1.0.15 
rather than a 1.1.x build. It sure would eliminate a lot of the "I'm 
using Debian and blah doesn't work - oh - I didn't realize it was old."

~Seth