source code doesn't compile

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 12/01/2022 05:19 Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> I downloaded the dovecot source and it doesn't compile.  The install
> script fails in auth because it makes a file and then tries to make a
> directory over it
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/ruben/src/dovecot-2.3.17.1/src/auth'
> make[3]: Entering directory
> '/home/ruben/src/dovecot-2.3.17.1/src/auth'
>   /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
>    /bin/sh ../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c
> auth checkpassword-reply '/usr/local/lib/dovecot'
>  libtool: warning: 'libstats_auth.la' has not been installed
> in '/usr/local/lib/dovecot/old-stats'
>  libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/auth
> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth
>  libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c
> .libs/checkpassword-reply /usr/local/lib/dovecot/checkpassword-reply
>   /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth'
> 
> I am running an older version of dovecott and would really like to
> upgrade it and there is no package for this linux version 
> 
> 

What ./configure line did you use? Also, which os/distro is this?

Aki