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

[Mark Sapiro]

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?


This may or may not be relevant, but see the thread "Mailman vs OSX vs
launchd" at
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2009-June/066371.html>

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