On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Glenn Park <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks also to Mark for his reponse... > >> >> I was installing Maildrop using aptitude, and it automatically installs >> >> courier-authlib >> >> >> >> But there is also a separate package called courier-authdaemon that it >> >> did not >> >> install for me. >> > >> > That is a bit odd because I think the courier-authdaemon is useless without >> > a courier-authlib backend. >> > >> >> When installing from source, I believe authdeamon is just a part of >> >> authlib package >> >> So what's the difference, why is it separated into two packages on >> >> Debian, and more >> >> importantly, why do package dependencies not require the daemon package? >> > >> > Perhaps the Debian packager will respond to that. >> >> courier-authdaemon is a separate package for historical reasons - authlib >> was split >> out of the courier package years ago. > > But both should be required for any of the courier stuff to work, > right? Maybe the package description for authlib should indicate that > authdaemon is what people should install (authlib being installed as a > dependency). > >> courier-maildrop depends on courier-authdaemon through courier-base. >> >> maildrop is a separate package and isn't maintained by me. > > The package description for courier-maildrop indicates: > > "This package is intended for use along with sqwebmail. Otherwise, use > the standalone maildrop package." > > I only want Maildrop as a LDA for Dovecot > > So I should contact Josip Rodin? Is he on this list?
I contacted him offlist and he explained Maildrop can be used without any auth lookup. It only requires authlib because the source links to authlib, otherwise that dependency would be removed I guess. So it looks like if you use that package and do want to do an auth lookup, you need to make sure authdaemon gets installed as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
