[Dovecot] Dovecot Update on Ubuntu from 1.0.10 to 1.2 doesn't work

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 24.01.2011 01:16, schrieb franc walter:
> Hello,
> 
> i have an ubuntu 8.04 LTS Virtual Server with Dovecot 1.0.10 and postfix.
> Now i tried to update Dovecot because i need Quota, which is not possible in
> 1.0 but in 1.2

hm i wonder why do iam running quota with 1.x...

protocol imap {
  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
  pop3_enable_last = yes
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
plugin {
quota = maildir:ignore=Trash
}


> So i added the packages to my /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://codex.xiaoka.com/apt hardy main restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-backports main universe
> multiverse restricted
> 
> and updated dovecot with aptitude. After this i killed the proc master and
> restarted postfix and dovecot but now dovecot is running but doesn't get any
> more mails from postfix.
> I had to downgrade back to 1.0.10 and after this all is working again.
> 
> I immediately looked into the mail.log, but i didn't see any clear errors.
> I uploaded the mail.log here, maybe someone could give me a hint, what it
> could be:
> 
> http://7fw.de/tmp/2011-01-24-23-38-mail.log
> 
> I started the update at 2011-01-23 at 23:00 and downgraded back at
> 2011-01-24 at 00:26.
> In the error.log i only have errors about inotify, which is not available on
> the ubuntu server (old kernel version, cannot be updated by provider).
> 
> I set in dovecot.conf:
> 
> mail_debug=yes
> auth_debug=yes
> auth_debug_passwords=yes
> 
> but this didn't help me.
> 
> Thank you,
> Kind regards, franc walter

you should go lucid, you will get trouble with hardy anyway
and use recent stable 2.09
http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/
-- 
Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria