[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2rc4 - launchd keeps trying to restart it, after Dovecot exits with exit code: 89

[James Brown]

On 05/07/2009, at 12:07 AM, James Brown wrote:

> I know I should update to the release version (will do on Monday),  
> but I keep getting this in my logs (ie All Messages shown):
>
> 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM Dovecot[742] Fatal: Dovecot is already running  
> with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid)
> 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[742]) Exited with  
> exit code: 89
> 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling  
> respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
> 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling  
> respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
> 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM Dovecot[743] Fatal: Dovecot is already running  
> with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid)
> 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with  
> exit code: 89
> 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with  
> exit code: 89
> 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling  
> respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
> 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM Dovecot[745] Fatal: Dovecot is already running  
> with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid)
> 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with  
> exit code: 89
> 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with  
> exit code: 89
>
> Anywhere in particular that I should look for hints as to what is  
> causing Dovecot to exit?
>
> System is a Mac Mini Core 2 Duo running 10.5.7 (Leopard).
>
> Thanks,
>
> James.

UPDATE: I upgraded to 1.2 and still get the same error.

James.