Dovecot 1.2.10 fails to start

[Mark Hattam]

sudo port upgrade'd Dovecot to 1.2.10 from 1.1.16

upgrade appeared to go OK, but then found Dovecot 1.2.10 unable to start up

Feb  5 17:39:42 iMac com.apple.launchd[1] (org.macports.dovecot[389]): Exited with exit code: 2
Feb  5 17:39:42 iMac org.macports.dovecot[401]: Error: Error in configuration file /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 87: Unknown setting: ssl_disable
Feb  5 17:39:42 iMac org.macports.dovecot[401]: Fatal: Invalid configuration in /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

OK ... that's easy to change ... compare with dovecot-example.conf and notice the subtle change

less dovecot-example.conf
# SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. <doc/wiki/SSL.txt>
#ssl = yes

less dovecot.conf
# Disable SSL/TLS support.
ssl_disable = yes

So comment out the
ssl_disable line and add the ssl line (with no)


HOWEVER, that just led to this error

Feb  5 17:44:12 iMac com.apple.launchd[1] (org.macports.dovecot[448]): Exited with exit code: 2
Feb  5 17:44:12 iMac org.macports.dovecot[462]: Last died with error (see error log for more information): Socket already exists: /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server
Feb  5 17:44:12 iMac dovecot[464]: Fatal: Socket already exists: /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server


But the error log just says the same thing
Feb  5 17:44:12 iMac dovecot[464]: Dovecot v1.2.10 starting up (core dumps disabled)
Feb  5 17:44:12 iMac dovecot[464]: Fatal: Socket already exists: /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server


Googling the error, suggests that this is a known problem with a patch in Oct 2008

But how to apply the patch?

[Gone back to 1.1.16 so I can write this]


Mark