[Dovecot] error while compiling dovecot 2.2.9

[Luuk]

On 25-11-2013 19:36, Luuk wrote:
> while doing 'sudo make install',
> its complaining about the existance of ‘/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth’
>
> .....
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/anvil'
>   /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
>    /bin/sh ../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c anvil
> '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/anvil
> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/anvil
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/anvil'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/anvil'
> Making install in auth
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/auth'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/auth'
>   /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
>    /bin/sh ../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c auth
> checkpassword-reply '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/auth
> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/checkpassword-reply
> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/checkpassword-reply
>   /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth'
> /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth’:
> File exists
> make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/auth'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src/auth'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/luuk/source/dovecot-2.2.9/src'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> luuk at asus:~/source/dovecot-2.2.9>
>
>
> any tips on what i did wrong?

i'm able to provide more info,
if only i knew what info is needed ;)

it's a new install from the downloaded sources:
-rw-r--r-- 1 luuk users  4540858 Nov 25 19:05 dovecot-2.2.9.tar.gz

luuk at asus:~/source/dovecot-2.2.9> cat /etc/os-release
NAME=openSUSE
VERSION="12.3 (Dartmouth)"
VERSION_ID="12.3"
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE 12.3 (Dartmouth) (i586)"
ID=opensuse
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3"
luuk at asus:~/source/dovecot-2.2.9>