Hi For test in my smal testing lab i downlod latest dovecot-2.2.36.4 and debian 7.x
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot-2.2.36.4 --sysconfdir=/etc --with-mysql --with-ssl=openssl --with-solr --with-storages=maildir,imapc and make working ok debian 7: dovecot-director debian 8: dovecot node and tested like debian 8: dovecot-director debian 7: dovecot node All works fine On 19.09.2019 12:28, Gerald via dovecot wrote: > Hi, > > sorry for the dumb question and please ignore this post if you think it's far > beyond; i know it's not the way to go, but for reasons ... > > Has anyone running a self compiled recent dovecot (2.2.36.4) on Debian-7 and > does it work? > Or thinks it should work. > > Surprisingly it actually compiles flawlessly on Debian-7, but i wonder wether > it will become a complete mess replacingthe existing dovecot (2.1.7) with the > new one, serving a few dozens users and any kind of mail clients. > > Libraries of the compiled Dovecot: > $ ldd ./src/master/.libs/dovecot linux-vdso.so.1 => > (0x00007ffeacfb1000) > libdovecot.so.0 => > /usr/local/00-DBAI/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 (0x00007f557b2a9000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f557af1c000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f557ad18000) > librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f557ab10000) > /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f557b5dc000) > libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 > (0x00007f557a8f4000) > > libc6 versions: Debian-7: 2.13-38 Debian-9: 2.24-11 > > thanks so far, gerald > > > > >