Am 22.09.2014 um 13:44 schrieb David Myers:

@Reindl.

I copied my conf.d folder as I deleted all the dovecot files in etc/dovecot use/etc/dovecot etc ... ...

When I installed the new 2.2.13 version it didn't seem to want to put the lmtp executable into the location that dovecot was expecting ? So I found the file and copied it to where it was expected to be.

and there started your mistake

just test builds somewhere and realize if it comes to "so i found the file and copied it" something went terrible wrong - that's why you build usually *packages* - rpmbuild complains as long you have not listed all files in the %files section or if there are listed ones no longer built

for a clean upgrade you need to replace *every* file and in doubt get rid of orphans - just build packages or use a virtual machine with a snapshot to try as long you know what lives where

I then copied my old (backed up) conf.d bact to etc/dovecot/conf.d/ Performed a restart of dovecot, and got the above error.

Quite simple really. But where else does dovecot store files, so as I can get all the errant files.

/usr/bin/ /usr/lib64/dovecot /usr/libexec/ /var/lib/dovecot

David. On 22 Sep 2014 12:37, "Reindl Harald" h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:

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Hello again dovecot list ;)

I've recently upgraded my dovecot version from 2.1.7 to 2.2.13. both versions where installed from source.

I upgraded why attempting to get lmtp working. I ultimately just coped

Am 22.09.2014 um 12:32 schrieb Dave Myers: the executable lmtp to the location that

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dovecot was expecting it to be in. but then the above error appeared.

why do you copy files around?

if you update a software then make it complete and not copy random files around - installing from source would in general be better done by build packages because they care about obsoleted files and so on

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However when I get the info from dovecot I get the following...

$ dovecot -n # 2.2.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

so there seems to be an issue somewhere.

I should note that I had copied my previous /conf.d/ files and then copied them back after the update.

I guess that I have missed a switch during the build, or need to modify a line in the config somewhere that tells what the version is, but that doesn't explain why the dovecot -n returns the correct info, but the error reports something different.

I am considering inserting the version_ignore=yes config option, but where should I insert it?

no, you should make sure that you have only one version installed on your system and no old craft staying around