Dovecot .deb install broken...
Greetings,
I just tried to install Dovecot for the first time. It was on a virgin
Ubuntu/Debian server (Version: 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu5) and the install
failed. After a bit of struggling I worked out that the install fails
BY DESIGN. Spoke about this with a few people and we decided it was
best to report this issue and request that you redesign the packing so
it does not fail. The reason it fails is as follows...
When you install it asks you if you want to use self signed
certificates. I have certificates so I said, "No". At the end of the
install the script tries to start dovecot. It cannot because the
service does not have certificates so it fails. This causes the script
to abort and the other packages not to install and breaks the install
process. I had to purge dovecot, then install it with the self signed
certificates.
So we have 2 issues here. 1. Why allow people to not install
certificates if it is just going to break the install and confuse them.
2. Why are you starting the service right after install when dovecot
clearly requires manual configuration as part of the setup.
I recommend you resolve this by NOT starting the service as part of the
install unless it is an upgrade and the service was already running.
~ Merlin
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