CentOS 8 / 7

[Michael Seevogel]

Am 07.10.19 um 17:23 schrieb Jonathan Casiot via dovecot:
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> On 07/10/2019 15:11, Günther J. Niederwimmer via dovecot wrote:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I have to install a "new" system, what is the best way for this. I 
>> like to
>> install a CentOS System but I only found dovecot for CentOS 7 is this
>> compatible for CentOS 8 or have I to setup a CentOS 7 System ?
>>
>> The onboard dovecot is 2.2.36-5 :-(
>>
>> Thanks for a answer,
>>
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> Dovecot 2.2.36-5 can be installed from the CentOS 8 AppStream 
> repository using yum/dnf.
>
> Regards,
>

That's not what he was asking for as he already figured that there is 
only 2.2.36-5 in EL8 available.
EL8 introduced some changes that especially affect build 
environments/requirements.

For example tcp_wrappers has been dropped and there is also no 
quota-devel package yet.
So, it's basically difficult to build certain packages (like dovecot) 
due to missing dependencies that can't be resolved yet, unless one 
builds the missing dependencies him/herself.

On the other hand I do wonder what's the problem with 2.2.36? You could 
install this first and upgrade Dovecot at a later point when Dovecot 
2.3.x is available for EL8?


Michael