Just do: port uninstall dovecot2 dovecot2-sieve port clean --all dovecot2 dovecot2-sieve port install dovecot +solr +… port install dovecot-sieve
A strong downvote to anything named “dovecot3” when and if version 3 ever appears. At that time dovecot version 2 will be obsolete, which is how we got painted into this port naming corner in the first place. Dovecot version 1 is unsupported and unsafe to expose. > On Feb 22, 2020, at 07:00, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wie...@rna.nl> wrote: > > Follow-up suggestion: > > Clone port dovecot2 to a new port dovecot1 now > > Whenever dovecot major release 3 appears: > > Clone the existing dovecot to new port dovecot2 > Update dovecot port to dovecot 3 > > Is there a mechanism in MacPorts to block automatic update activations when > new versions of software require a different configuration and automatic > conversion is not possible? Should there be one? > >> On 22 Feb 2020, at 12:41, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wie...@rna.nl> wrote: >> >> port dovecot is now installing dovecot 2 >> port dovecot2 is now installing dovecot 1 >> >> The change breaks ‘port update outdated’ as the existence of a dovecot2 >> install will prevent the installation of dovecot which now has become a >> dependency for other ports instead of dovecot2. dovecot2-sive is likewise >> replaced by dovecot-sieve with identical issues. >> >> The only luck I have now is that the update failed so my existing dovecot2 >> is still running and I can thus I can still read mail (including replies to >> this). >> >> Yes, making sure that the port dovecot installs dovecot 2 (current) is >> cleaner (letting port dovecot2 install dovecot 1 is bad). But is that worth >> this mess? Instead of a nice and simple update, I have (unexpectedly, if I >> had known I could have prepared) to figure out the new setup, variants, etc. >> And given that the upgrade failed halfway, I have a messed up MacPorts >> landscape and I (unexpectedly) have to spend (unplanned) time on this. >> Spending time on it is not the problem. Unexpected, because of a strictly >> sproken unnecessary cosmetic change, is. >> >> G >
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