Public bug reported: dovecot-postfix package uses dovecot-postfix.conf by giving it with -c parameter to all dovecot binaries. So when people ask for help about Dovecot, they paste dovecot -n output as requested, but this outputs wrong configuration and gets everyone confused. They'd need to give dovecot -n -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf, but this isn't obvious.
It would have been nice if Ubuntu hadn't used a different config file, but since I can't do anything about it, I hope you'll add this patch (applies without errors also to v1.1 hg tip): http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/142c935e44d6 With it dovecot -n gives a nice warning that hopefully points users towards the solution: Warning: Dovecot was last started using /etc/dovecot/dovecot- postfix.conf, but this config is /etc/dovecot.conf ** Affects: dovecot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- dovecot -n silently reports wrong configuration when using dovecot-postfix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511295 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
