Hi.

I've made a new attempt at build Dovecot. The build and then install
processes appeared to work find. Then when I try to run Dovecot it
reports the error:

/share/MD0_DATA/optware/opt/sbin/dovecot: error while loading shared
libraries: libdovecot.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory

To get a better idea of what's going on, I added --enable-devel-checks at
./configure and then ran gdb:

# gdb --args dovecot -F GNU gdb 6.8 [snip] This GDB was configured as "arm-none-linux-gnueabi"... (no debugging symbols found) (gdb) run Starting program: /share/MD0_DATA/optware/opt/sbin/dovecot -F (no debugging symbols found) /share/MD0_DATA/optware/opt/sbin/dovecot: error while loading shared
libraries: libdovecot.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory

Program exited with code 0177. (gdb) bt full No stack. (gdb) quit

By the way on a separate but related note, adding --enable-maintiner-mode
introduced a new problem also relating to libdovecot.so.0.0.0 I'll refer
to that in the post script.

# ls -alh /opt/lib/dovecot/

drwxr-xr-x 8 admin administ 4.0k Aug 27 16:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 37 admin administ 16.0k Aug 27 16:27 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 4.0k Nov 26 2009 .debug/ drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administ 4.0k Aug 27 16:27 auth/ drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administ 4.0k Aug 27 16:31 doveadm/ -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 678 Aug 27 16:27 dovecot-config drwxr-xr-x 3 admin administ 4.0k Aug 26 18:01 imap/ drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administ 4.0k Aug 26 18:01 lda/ -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 527.6k Jan 6 2011 lib01_acl_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib01_acl_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 56.3k Aug 27 16:27
lib01_acl_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 70.5k Jan 6 2011
lib02_imap_acl_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib02_imap_acl_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 13.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib02_imap_acl_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 69.9k Jan 6 2011
lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 13.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 51.3k Jan 6 2011
lib05_snarf_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib05_snarf_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 7.4k Aug 27 16:27
lib05_snarf_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 443.4k Jan 6 2011
lib10_quota_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib10_quota_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 51.5k Aug 27 16:27
lib10_quota_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 23.6k Jan 6 2011
lib11_imap_quota_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib11_imap_quota_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 8.3k Aug 27 16:27
lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 56.9k Jan 6 2011
lib11_trash_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib11_trash_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 9.9k Aug 27 16:27
lib11_trash_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 71.8k Jan 6 2011
lib15_notify_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib15_notify_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 10.6k Aug 27 16:27
lib15_notify_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 14.4k Jan 6 2011
lib20_autocreate_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_autocreate_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 5.3k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_autocreate_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 avahi avahi 10.9k Nov 26 2009
lib20_convert_plugin.a -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 62.7k Jan 6 2011
lib20_expire_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_expire_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 10.6k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_expire_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 161.0k Jan 6 2011 lib20_fts_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_fts_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 29.4k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_fts_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 59.4k Jan 6 2011
lib20_listescape_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_listescape_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 9.4k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_listescape_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 62.8k Jan 6 2011
lib20_mail_log_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_mail_log_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 10.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_mail_log_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 avahi avahi 54.4k Nov 6 2010
lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.a -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 450.8k Jan 6 2011
lib20_virtual_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_virtual_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 47.6k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_virtual_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 115.1k Jan 6 2011 lib20_zlib_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_zlib_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 18.4k Aug 27 16:27
lib20_zlib_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 181.7k Jan 6 2011
lib21_fts_squat_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib21_fts_squat_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 48.8k Aug 27 16:27
lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 22.0k Jan 6 2011
lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.la* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 6.5k Aug 27 16:27
lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 101.3k Jan 6 2011 libdovecot-lda.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27 libdovecot-lda.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 23 Aug 27 16:31 libdovecot-lda.so
-> libdovecot-lda.so.0.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 23 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-lda.so.0 -> libdovecot-lda.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 35.2k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-lda.so.0.0.0* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 241.7k Jan 6 2011 libdovecot-login.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-login.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 25 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-login.so -> libdovecot-login.so.0.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 25 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-login.so.0 -> libdovecot-login.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 65.5k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-login.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.0k Aug 27 16:27 libdovecot-sql.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 23 Aug 27 16:31 libdovecot-sql.so
-> libdovecot-sql.so.0.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 23 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-sql.so.0 -> libdovecot-sql.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 19.3k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-sql.so.0.0.0* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 6.2M Jan 6 2011
libdovecot-storage.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1.1k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-storage.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 27 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-storage.so -> libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 27 Aug 27 16:31
libdovecot-storage.so.0 -> libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 737.5k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0* -rw-r--r-- 1 admin administ 1.8M Jan 6 2011 libdovecot.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 1011 Aug 27 16:27 libdovecot.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 19 Aug 27 16:31 libdovecot.so ->
libdovecot.so.0.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin administ 19 Aug 27 16:31 libdovecot.so.0 ->
libdovecot.so.0.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin administ 440.8k Aug 27 16:27
libdovecot.so.0.0.0* drwxr-xr-x 2 admin administ 4.0k Aug 26 18:01 pop3/

Everything seems to be in the right place. So I don't know what's wrong.

Now on to my post script. This issue first appears when I try to package
my freshly built Dovecot for installation on my arm powered nas.

#make dovecot-ipk [...] test -z "/opt/include/dovecot" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p
"~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/include/dovecot" /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 settings.h settings-parser.h
'~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/include/dovecot' make[5]: Leaving directory
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-settings' make[4]: Leaving directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-settings' Making install in lib-dovecot make[4]: Entering directory
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-dovecot' make[5]: Entering directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-dovecot' test -z "/opt/lib/dovecot" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p
"~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot" /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c -s
libdovecot.la
'~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libdovecot.so.0.0.0
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0.0.0 libtool: install: strip --strip-unneeded
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0.0.0 strip: Unable to recognise the format of the input file
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0.0.0' make[5]: *** [install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-dovecot' make[4]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src/lib-dovecot' make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot/src' make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot' make[1]: *** [install-strip] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory ~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot' make: *** [~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot_2.0.13-2_arm.ipk]
Error 2

So I went looking for libdovecot.so.0.0.0 and found, ls -ahl
~/Projects/nslu2/optware/tsx09/builds/dovecot-2.0.13-ipk/opt/lib/dovecot/:

total 1.3M drwxr-xr-x 2 leonidis leonidis 4.0K Aug 27 17:07 . drwxr-xr-x 3 leonidis leonidis 4.0K Aug 27 17:07 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 leonidis leonidis 678 Aug 27 17:07 dovecot-config -rwxr-xr-x 1 leonidis leonidis 1.3M Aug 27 17:07 libdovecot.so.0.0.0

The other libraries appear to have been built and are waiting to be
packaged up but ipackage doesn't seem to get that far. What this says
about ipackage and how it might relate to my first problem I don't know.

I apologise this all seems a bit like a broken record to me.

-- Kind regards

Stephen Feyrer.