[Dovecot] Dovecot vs Ports

[Odhiambo WASHINGTON]

* On 08/10/06 13:17 +0200, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
| 
| Odhiambo WASHINGTON schreef (08-10-06 9:16):
| >You could have as well explained the problem, if it was that serious.
| >  
| After the latest portupgrade I rebooted my system and for some reason it 
| stopped booting after loadin acpi.ko
| Investigated the OS with Fixit (from the first install disc booting and 
| choosing this option from the sysinstall menu).
| After fsck we could mount the HD and investigate the problem.
| 
| Main problem was an error in the /etc/rc.conf.. The dovecot_enable was 
| missing the quotes...
| I think this is due to the portmanager (the person that has made the 
| port for BSD) instead of Dovecot itself...
| >I am running this version on 30+ FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE boxes and they all
| >seem fine though. Perhaps I should thank God I still don't run 6.2-PRE?
| >  
| I think it is a combination of OS version and the person that makes the 
| (accurate) port for that version.
| Anyway we're all humans after all, so this is allways possible. Just a 
| little bit stressing on a normal Saturdaynight :-)

Are you sure portmanager adds entries into /etc/rc.conf?
I'd say it's pure madness if it does, because it is not supposed to 
"decide" for me "how" I want to run an installed port, or even just the 
fact that I installed a port does not mean I want to run it.
I suspect you added the entry and missed the closing quotes ;)
I use portupgrade (not portmanager) and it has never added entries to 
/etc/rc.conf for me. Rather, it tells me to do it.

Thanks for clarifying this though, even though it turns out that the 
tone of your initial post was almost alarmist:)


-Wash

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