Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 01:51:24AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: >> For me, dovecot-2.2.7 fails during it's install - >> >> Making install in auth >> make[2]: Entering directory >> '/scratch/working/dovecot-2.2.7/src/auth' >> make[3]: Entering directory >> '/scratch/working/dovecot-2.2.7/src/auth' >> /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/lib/dovecot' >> /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c auth >> checkpassword-reply '/usr/lib/dovecot' >> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/auth >> /usr/lib/dovecot/auth >> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/checkpassword-reply >> /usr/lib/dovecot/checkpassword-reply >> /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/lib/dovecot/auth' >> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/lib/dovecot/auth’: File >> exists >> Makefile:701: recipe for target 'install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES' >> failed >> make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 >> make[3]: Leaving directory '/scratch/working/dovecot-2.2.7/src/auth' >> Makefile:1079: recipe for target 'install-am' failed >> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 >> >> >> Any ideas, please ? It has created a *file* at >> /usr/lib/dovecot/auth - >> >> root@ac4tv ~# ls -l /usr/lib/dovecot/auth >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 319770 Nov 12 01:33 /usr/lib/dovecot/auth >> > The problem is caused by --libexecdir=/usr/lib : the 'auth' file > along with many others should be in the libexecdir. See e.g. > http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/Make-install-error-td41719.html > (had to remove that auth file, of course, before I could install). > > We could use --libexecdir=/usr/lib/dovecot, but that puts the > libexec files file in /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot/ or we could follow > CBLFS and use --libexecdir=/usr/lib/dovecot/exec which puts them into > /usr/lib/dovecot/exec/dovecot/ : preferences ? Personally, I would > prefer to just let it use /usr/libexec, but I guess that is probably > still too much in the redhat/gnu tradition for you guys. > > I'll fix it up later if we can agree about where to use, I've also > got one other recent package that needs tweaking.
I really don't have a problem with /usr/libexec. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
