Tell us please, did you tried to rebuild Dovecot with 5.5.8 or with 5.5.8_1 version of MySQL client? I hope that in 5.5.8_1 this bug must fixed already.
2011/1/11 Jerry <dovecot.u...@seibercom.net> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht < > > bradley.giesbre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jan 10, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Jerry wrote: > >> > >> I just updated MySQL to Server version: 5.5.8 on my FreeBSD-8.2 system. > >>> Now Dovecot refuses to run. Prior to this, dovecot had been running for > >>> several > >>> years without a problem. > >>> > >>> > > Please recompile Dovecot again so that it re-links with the MySQL > library. > > This is a known problem on FreeBSD with the upgrade from MySQL 5.5.7 -> > > 5.5.8. I believe the port maintainer has also incorporated a fix into the > > FreeBSD ports. > > I all ready did that twice. I completely removed Dovecot before > reinstalling it the second time. The prolem still exists. In addition, > I am using th version of MySQL that the "port maintainer" supposed > fixed. I guess I will have no choice but to return to the older MySQL > version. I would be interrested todiscoverif this problem is isolated > strictly to FreeBSD + MySQL 5.5.8 however. > > -- > Jerry > -- Best regards, Maxim V. Kostikov ICQ #115377
