[Dovecot] Error reading dovecot.conf under vmware/archlinux

[Timo Sirainen]

On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 16:06 +0100, Eric PENOT wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have some problemes when dovecot read it's config file dovecot.conf
> 
> My config is :  
> 
> Linux distribution : Arch Linux 0.7.2 Gimmick UNDER  VMware session (VMware workstation version 5.5.2build 29772)
> Linux kernel version 2.6.17
> Dovecot version 1.0.rc17
> GCC version 4.1.1
> 
> Using the 'dovecot-example.conf' as dovecot.conf => 
> 
> When Dovecot si compiled with : --with-file-offset-size=32 The Dovecot message is : Missing auth section for server default
> When Dovecot si compiled with : --with-file-offset-size=64 The Dovecot message is : Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot.conf line 746: Expecting '='
> 
> Can someone help me please?

IIRC something like this could happen if pread() implementation was
broken. After configure remove HAVE_PREAD from config.h, recompile and
see if it works. Arch Linux apparently uses uclibc? I think this is
broken in it. Don't know if anyone has tried telling them to fix it.

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