Why is Sieve trying to re-compile global scripts?

Stephan Bosch stephan at rename-it.nl
Wed Mar 11 23:02:35 UTC 2015


On 3/11/2015 11:10 AM, Olaf Hopp wrote:
> Please see the thread with subject
> "Sieve permissions issue following update"
> I tested sucessfully a developper issue last month
> on the hint of Stephan. Yesterday I started to test the currenr RCs.
>
> First I was disappointed, because the error seems to persist.
> So I double checked everything, recreated / recompiled everything
> an the error went away. So I thought it was mistake on my side.
> I gave Spephan postive feedback. And I'm waiting for the final release
> for my production server.
>
> But when I read your mails, I'm not feeling happy.
> I think it's a kink of luck/voodoo/whatever.
>
> What you must do, I think, is to compile the sieve script with the
> exact version running afterwards.
> And I think you should the remove the compiled .svbin files
> before recreating them again. Don't overwrite them with the compiler.
>
> I think I'll also dig into this any further today.

Please do. I cannot reproduce this so far.

Since E.B. still got an obscure debug message about metadata not being
up to date, I added debug lines to the remaining places where this could
emerge (currently only available from hg).

Regards,

Stephan.


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