dovecot - Oct 2021 - v2.3.17 - dsync says invalid option -- E

On 2021-10-29 12:05, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got some scripts that archive off mail that stopped working with
> 2.3.17. Specifically this worksin 2.3.16:
> 
> sudo -n /usr/local/bin/dsync -u dluke -m Sent -o
> mail_location=mbox:~/tmp/ mirror maildir:~/Maildir/
> 
> but fails on 2.3.17 with the following error message:
> 
> dsync: invalid option -- E
  I don't use dsync, but is mirror a command?  Has mirror been replaced 
with sync?

On Oct 29, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Scott Ruckh <dovecot at gemneye.org>
wrote:
> On 2021-10-29 12:05, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I've got some scripts that archive off mail that stopped working
with
>> 2.3.17. Specifically this worksin 2.3.16:
>> sudo -n /usr/local/bin/dsync -u dluke -m Sent -o
>> mail_location=mbox:~/tmp/ mirror maildir:~/Maildir/
>> but fails on 2.3.17 with the following error message:
>> dsync: invalid option -- E
> 
> I don't use dsync, but is mirror a command?  
it used to be :)
> Has mirror been replaced with sync?
Maybe? I wouldn't expect it to (intentionally) change in a patch release,
though.

-- 
Daniel J. Luke