Aha!
Is my tar the issue, on all OSes? Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD? I don't think so.
How do you extract that file in Linux? tar -zxf FILENAME.tar.gz??
On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM Patrick Domack via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
It was a link to the file location in the git repo, not a download link. The file is fine.
Quoting Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org>:
There is no reason why anyone should go through a 'special download process' to open a .tar.gz, or no? I suppose you just need to fix whatever is wrong with the file. I have had to follow a convoluted process to open it, when a tar -xzf should be enough.
On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com> wrote:
On 28/05/2025 22:44 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
> > Hi! > > > > Please see > > https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-to- 2.4.html and > >https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example- config.tar.gz, > > hopefully these already help you forward. > > > > Aki > > > > > You guys need to fix that example config archive! > > root@eu:/home/wash/Mara.Cloud# wget >
https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-
config.tar.gz > --2025-05-28 13:03:53-- >https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-
config.tar.gz > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3 > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > Saving to: ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’ > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz [ <=> > > ] 172.85K--.-
KB/s in > 0.07s > > 2025-05-28 13:03:54 (2.57 MB/s) - ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example- config.tar.gz’ > saved [176999] > The tar is fine, your wget is not. AkiIf you open the link first and then pick up the link to download it as raw file, it'll actually work.
Aki
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-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
Aha!
Is my tar the issue, on all OSes? Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD? I don't think so.
How do you extract that file in Linux? tar -zxf FILENAME.tar.gz??
On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM Patrick Domack via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: It was a link to the file location in the git repo, not a download link. The file is fine.
Quoting Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org>:
> There is no reason why anyone should go through a 'special download
> process' to open a .tar.gz, or no?
> I suppose you just need to fix whatever is wrong with the file.
> I have had to follow a convoluted process to open it, when a tar -
xzf
> should be enough.
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-
xchange.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On 28/05/2025 22:44 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <
>> dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > > > Hi!
>> > > >
>> > > > Please see
>> > > > https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-
to-
>> > 2.4.html and
>> > > >
>> https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-
>> > config.tar.gz,
>> > > > hopefully these already help you forward.
>> > > >
>> > > > Aki
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > You guys need to fix that example config archive!
>> > >
>> > > root@eu:/home/wash/Mara.Cloud# wget
>> > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-
example-
>> > config.tar.gz
>> > > --2025-05-28 13:03:53--
>> > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-
example-
>> > config.tar.gz
>> > > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3
>> > > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:
443...
>> > connected.
>> > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> > > Length: unspecified [text/html]
>> > > Saving to: ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’
>> > >
>> > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz
>> > [ <=>
>> > >
>> > > ]
172.85K --.-
>> > KB/s in
>> > > 0.07s
>> > >
>> > > 2025-05-28 13:03:54 (2.57 MB/s) - ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-
>> > config.tar.gz’
>> > > saved [176999]
>> > >
>> >
>> > The tar is fine, your wget is not.
>> >
>> > Aki
>> >
>> >
>>
>> If you open the link first and then pick up the link to download
it as raw
>> file, it'll actually work.
>>
>> Aki
>>
>>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)
> [How to ask smart questions:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-leave@dovecot.org-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart- questions.html]