Install process breaks its self by design

[Merlin at Desktop Masters]

Correct
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And when I went to the page it lead me here.  Whomever is making the 
.deb packages needs to be made aware of this.  Can you please point me 
into a direction?

~ Merlin


On 4/1/2015 4:33 PM, edgar at pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> On 2015-03-29 13:58, Merlin at Desktop Masters wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I just tried to install Dovecot for the first time.  It was on a
>> virgin Ubuntu/Debian server (Version: 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu5) and the
>> install failed.   After a bit of struggling I worked out that the
>> install fails BY DESIGN.  Spoke about this with a few people and we
>> decided it was best to report this issue and request that you redesign
>> the packing so it does not fail.  The reason it fails is as follows...
>>
>
> This would be on Debian/Ubuntu.
>
>> When you install it asks you if you want to use self signed
>> certificates.  I have certificates so I said, "No".  At the end of the
>> install the script tries to start dovecot.  It cannot because the
>> service does not have certificates so it fails.  This causes the
>> script to abort and the other packages not to install and breaks the
>> install process.  I had to purge dovecot, then install it with the
>> self signed certificates.
>>
>> So we have 2 issues here.  1.  Why allow people to not install
>> certificates if it is just going to break the install and confuse
>> them.
>
> This would be on Debian/Ubuntu.
>
>  2.  Why are you starting the service right after install when
>> dovecot clearly requires manual configuration as part of the setup.
>
> This would be on Debian/Ubuntu.
>
>>
>> I recommend you resolve this by NOT starting the service as part of
>> the install unless it is an upgrade and the service was already
>> running.
>>
>
> This would be on Debian/Ubuntu.
>
>> ~ Merlin
>