dovecot - Oct 2009 - @2.0, --sysconfdir incorrectly populated with dovecot/*.conf

to document from #irc,

in 1.2.x, specifying

   ./configure ... --sysconfdir=/path/to/dir ...

correctly results in dovecot.conf looked for as
"/path/to/dir/dovecot.conf".

in 2.0, dovecot incorrectly creates a dovecot dir in the sysconfdir,
and looks for,

  /path/to/dir/dovecot/dovecot.conf

2.0's behavior should be made consistent with the correct
implementation in 1.2.x, or clarified as different in --help/docs.

thanks.

On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:28 PM, PGNet Dev wrote:
> to document from #irc,
>
> in 1.2.x, specifying
>
>   ./configure ... --sysconfdir=/path/to/dir ...
>
> correctly results in dovecot.conf looked for as "/path/to/dir/ 
> dovecot.conf".
>
> in 2.0, dovecot incorrectly creates a dovecot dir in the sysconfdir,
> and looks for,
>
>  /path/to/dir/dovecot/dovecot.conf
This is intended, because there are now lots of config files by  
default. Or should this be done somehow differently? Anyway the point  
is that just doing "./configure" should still access /usr/local/etc/ 
dovecot/dovecot.conf.
> 2.0's behavior should be made consistent with the correct
> implementation in 1.2.x, or clarified as different in --help/docs.
I don't think it's possible to change --help's text. As for other  
docs.. I'm not really sure how I should even start describing all the  
v2.0 changes and where.. The v2.0's changed configuration is going to  
break so many wiki pages..