On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:38:48 +0100 Benoit Branciard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bjørn T Johansen a écrit : > > When upgrading from source, it's ok to just run make install and every > > files will be overwritten with the new version? > > Nothing else one should do? > > > > Pay attention to the fact that the dovecot daemon dynamically starts the > imap and pop server executables whenever inboud connexions are requested. > > If you upgrade without stopping the master dovecot, and clients request > connexions, dovecot will try to run the new imap and pop executables, > which are not the same version as the master, and problems may arise. > > The "good" solution is to stop the master dovecot *before* make install, > and restart it afterwards; or to make sure no clients try to connect > before you completed the upgrade process. > > Yes, I always stop dovecot before running make install.... :) BTJ
