Am 23.07.2011 10:43, schrieb Vincent Richomme:

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:30:23 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:

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Am 23.07.2011 10:21, schrieb Vincent Richomme:

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Hi,

I am running a server under Ubuntu 11.04(natty) and I would like to install a 2.x version but unfortunately the only package available is 1.2.15. Of course I could compile and install from sources but I would prefer to handle packages because it's a lot simpler and cleaner. After some research I found some debian packages available here : http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/

So my question is would it be possible to recompile the source package to make a ubuntu one ? Or maybe could I install directly the debian package (but I suppose dependencies are not the same ...). If someone has already an experience with that and couls share his experience. Still don't understand why distros don't use dovecot 2.x ? Is it considered still as unstable ?

Thanks

i always recompile dove 2.x http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/ use on lucid server, no problems so far

dont know why 2.x is tagged as unstable elsewhere ask distro pack mantainer

Thanks for answering. I am not an expert in package management so how can I regenerate a ubuntu package. Should I download dovecot_2.0.13.orig.tar.gz and dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+61.debian.tar.gz archive, decompress them and put debian folder inside source folder ? And after what kind of magic line should I enter to regenerate a package(I already have installed all packages described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete) ?

ok do it like this

mkdir /usr/src/dovecot_2.0.13 cd /usr/src/dovecot_2.0.13 download i.e wget ... dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.changes wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24.debian.tar.gz wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24.dsc wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24_i386.changes wget ....dovecot_2.0.13.orig.tar.gz

dpkg-source -x *.dsc

cd dovecot-2.0.13/ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b

( get coffee, this needs time ) cd .. ls *.deb should give you i.e dovecot-common_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-imapd_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-mysql_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-sqlite_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-dbg_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-ldap_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-pgsql_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-dev_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-lmtpd_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-pop3d_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-gssapi_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-managesieved_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-sieve_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb

dpkg -i *.deb

you also need all depended libs for dovecot build and dpkg building dont remember this all, but should be no problem if you are familar with apt

you might also try install directly downloaded deb guess they will work out of the box at natty ( or maybe with additional few apt-gets ) you havent install all deps, perhaps you dont need ldap or sql etc

sorry in a hurry now

Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria

Robert Schetterer robert@schetterer.org wrote:

Am 23.07.2011 10:21, schrieb Vincent Richomme:

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[...] Still don't understand why distros don't use dovecot 2.x ? Is it considered still as unstable ?

Thanks

i always recompile dove 2.x http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/ use on lucid server, no problems so far

dont know why 2.x is tagged as unstable elsewhere ask distro pack mantainer

Debian moved Dovecot-2 from unstable to testing (wheezy) on 2011-05-07. http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dovecot.html

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:08:43 +0200, Christian Roessner wrote:

Hi,

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I am running a server under Ubuntu 11.04(natty) and I would like to install a 2.x version but unfortunately the only package available is 1.2.15. Of course I could compile and install from sources but I would prefer to handle packages because it's a lot simpler and cleaner. After some research I found some debian packages available here : http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/

If you do not necessarrily need Natty, I can provide Lucid packages over Ubuntu PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~christian-roessner-net/+archive/dovecot

If more people want Natty packages, I will think about it building some. I only want to give support for the LTS versions.

Actually I have migrated my old server(running lucid) to a new one(natty) and I have hesitated a long time before reinstalling lucid or move to more recent version. But I wanted recent packages so now I am not sure I want to reinstall everything (even if it would be still possible). So I will try the given method from debian package.

Thanks