dovecot - Apr 2013 - Make install error

Hi, I'm recompiling dovecot 2.2.0/2.2.1 with error below during make 
install:

test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p 
"/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth"
/usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
?/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth?: File exists
make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1


The target Svr OS: OpenSuse 12.2 x86 and installed success for 
qmail/vpopmail. The configuration for dovecot as below:
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \
--with-vpopmail \
--with-docs \
--with-ssl \
--without-shadow \
--without-pam \
--without-ldap \
--without-pgsql \
--without-sql \
--without-mysql \
--without-sqlite

Thanks,
KH. Chan

Hi,

I already compiled/installed dovecot 2.2.0 as you did without any
problems. Also compiling dovecot 2.2.1 and installing it on top of the
previous 2.2.0 install works.

So it seems to me that this is an issue related to your
system environment.
Did you checked how your Suse installation behaves when you are
manually trigger the same commands?

---%<---------------------------------------------------------------
test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p
"/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth"
---%<---------------------------------------------------------------

Did you checked filesystem permissions too?

Regards,
Chris

Am Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:50:08 +0800
schrieb kengheng <kengheng at mysql.cc>:
> Hi, I'm recompiling dovecot 2.2.0/2.2.1 with error below during make 
> install:
> 
> test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir
-p
> "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth"
> /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
> ?/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth?: File exists
> make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> 
> 
> The target Svr OS: OpenSuse 12.2 x86 and installed success for 
> qmail/vpopmail. The configuration for dovecot as below:
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \
> --with-vpopmail \
> --with-docs \
> --with-ssl \
> --without-shadow \
> --without-pam \
> --without-ldap \
> --without-pgsql \
> --without-sql \
> --without-mysql \
> --without-sqlite
> 
> Thanks,
> KH. Chan


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At 11AM +0800 on 19/04/13 you (kengheng) wrote:
> Hi, I'm recompiling dovecot 2.2.0/2.2.1 with error below during make 
> install:
> 
> test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir
-p
> "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth"
> /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
> ?/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth?: File exists
mkdir -p silently succeeds if the directory already exists, so this must
mean that some part of that path already exists as a file rather than a
directory.

Ben

On Fri, 2013-04-19 at 11:50 +0800, kengheng wrote:
> Hi, I'm recompiling dovecot 2.2.0/2.2.1 with error below during make 
> install:
> 
> test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir
-p
> "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth"
> /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
> ?/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth?: File exists
This file shouldn't exist.
> The target Svr OS: OpenSuse 12.2 x86 and installed success for 
> qmail/vpopmail. The configuration for dovecot as below:
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \
> --with-vpopmail \
> --with-docs \
> --with-ssl \
> --without-shadow \
> --without-pam \
> --without-ldap \
> --without-pgsql \
> --without-sql \
> --without-mysql \
> --without-sqlite
I think there's an older differently installed Dovecot in there. rm
-rf /usr/local/dovecot/lib and try make install again.