On 2 August 2010 22:00, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Guys, > > Sending mail from my local server resulted in errors "could not copy > sent mail to 'sent' on servername? Checking the mail logs, I found this: > > <snip> > Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version > mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set > version_ignore=yes) > Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version > mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set > version_ignore=yes) > <snip> > > So I restarted dovecot -- problem solved. That brought up the > question, why didn't pacman restart dovecot with some post-install > something?? So should it have? If it didn't, does this need to be reported? Because of KISS? Pacman is a package manager, not a system administration tool. Imagine the story with a different daemon: SSH. You ssh into your box, su, and pacman -Syu. Halfway through the upgrade, openssh gets updated, which automatically restarts the server, which SIGHUPs pacman, which is left in an inconsistent state. > Let me know. Thanks. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com > -- Tavian Barnes
