> 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
On 1/12/22 00:26, Aki Tuomi wrote:> What ./configure line did you use? Also, which os/distro is this?I just used ./configure I thought of using a prefix to root, but changed my mind and decided to just let it install into /usr/local/, especially since I had the systems ancient dovecott still up and running. This is an old RPM based distro on an appliance. -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013