Eric,
Are the manual Dovecot install instructions still available? I can't seem to
locate them on the wiki.
Thanks,
Scott
On Apr 14, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote:
> On 04/14/2011 05:08 PM, Scott Hughes wrote:
>> This message is intended for Eric and/or anyone that has upgraded from
>> the manual install of Dovecot 1.x to the new install of Dovecot 2.x that
>> Eric kindly worked out for us.
>>
>> My question is this: What are the chances of a blown upgrade following
>> the new wiki instructions? Doing the make uninstall and them yum'ing the
>> latest Dovecot version?
>>
>> I ask this because I just moved over a VERY important domain to our
>> qmail server that has the Dovecot 1.x running on it right now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>>
>
> There's always a chance. I think it's pretty low though.
>
> Has anyone used those instructions yet?
>
> I think I'd install the rpm on a test host, copy the old configuration file
> you used over there, run doveconf -n against it, and compare the result to
> what the rpm is using. That should show you which configuration parameters
> are different.
>
> Also read through the dovecot wiki page(s) regarding upgrades from the
> version you're running to v2.x, and see if there's anything there that
> applies to your installation.
>
> I think I didn't say anything explicitly about removing the supervise scripts
> you created with the other install. You'll need to remove them as well.
>
> Oh, and you might want to update the wiki with anything you come across
> that's missing or incorrect. ;)
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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