On 2012/09/21 12:25, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:54:46 +0300 > Artturi Alm wrote: > > > >> Not sure if this is the right spot for this post. I am after a more > > >> current version of dovecot than dovecot-2.0.13p5 to run on 5.0 release. > > >> > > >> Does anyone have a package or port available ? > > > > > > It's easy enough to build. > > > > Yet one should not build it from newer ports on 5.0 release.
Yep the newer port is not directly usable as there have been changes to the system (sqlite3 added to base) but tweaking it should not be hard, just don't expect too much help for doing a non-standard thing when you could just update. OpenBSD 5.1 has Dovecot 2.0.17 in binary packages (and 2.0.20 in -stable ports which is very easy to update to if you're using 5.1). OpenBSD 5.2 will have 2.1.8, or -current usually tracks upstream releases fairly promptly. > True, probably should have been clearer. Just check out the ports > patches adapt them and build outside of ports and test. Easier than > using ports if you are not on current and want a newer version. > That way you're likely to end up with files sprinkled over /usr rather than /usr/local which might cause exciting problems later. Adapting the newer port is a safer suggestion, and also likely to be easier. Though just upgrading is almost always the simplest option.
