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

[David Stark]

On 07/04/2009 03:28 PM, James Brown wrote:
> 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?

Call it a stab in the dark, but try removing the PID file at:
/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid

>> 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.
>

Dave