configure: error: fd passing is required for Dovecot to work

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 06/09/2019 11:21 zahn via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hello
> 
> I changed our old gcc compiler from the version: gcc-4.1.2-13.fc6 to the 
> newer
> one: gcc version 8.3.0 (GCC). Then I wanted to compile: Dovecot 2.3.7 
> and I get
> the following error with ./configure
> 
> CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/openssl/include" \
> LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/openssl/lib" \
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \
>        --disable-static \
>        --with-ssl=openssl
> 
> checking whether fd passing works... no
> configure: error: fd passing is required for Dovecot to work
> 
> With the old Compiler configure works well. I couldn't find
> a solution on the Internet - can you help me ?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Schöne Grüsse aus Oberdiessbach Martin Zahn
> 

Can you check your config.log file for any hints? It can be bit annoying to read, but looking for 'fd pass' might help.

Aki