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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HEADS UP - postfix-2.9.0 is broken
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:22
Message-Id: CAEH5T2MPJDr9dLqN7Fi8BoyasZmT-R1BN6C3KNN-1gP7BFxDRw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] HEADS UP - postfix-2.9.0 is broken by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
2 <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > Am Montag, 6. Februar 2012, 12:47:45 schrieb Michael Mol:
4 >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@×××××.at>
5 > wrote:
6 >> > Am 06.02.2012 18:08, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
7 >> >> Am Montag, 6. Februar 2012, 12:06:41 schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
8 >> >>> Hi,
9 >> >>>
10 >> >>> beware of installing postfix-2.9.0
11 >> >>> When started it tries to access /usr/lib/postfix but files have been
12 >> >>> installed into /usr/libexec/postfix
13 >> >>
14 >> >> postfix 2.9.0 works fine for me.
15 >> >>
16 >> >> But I also run cfg-update after the update and made sure to merge the ._
17 >> >> file correctly.
18 >> >
19 >> > Yep, same here for postfix 2.9.0-r1 now.
20 >> >
21 >> > Had to kill the master-process manually ... this sorted things out in
22 >> > the end ...
23 >>
24 >> So, to avoid this, when upgrading from < 2.9.0-r1 to 2.9.0-r1, one
25 >> should stop postfix, do the upgrade, and then start postfix again?
26 >> that's how I read it.
27 >>
28 >> Alternately, copy the old init script prior to upgrade, use that
29 >> script to bring postfix down, and use the new script to bring postfix
30 >> up?
31 >
32 > I just upgraded and did /etc/init.d/postfix restart and it worked.
33
34 The installation path was changed without an ebuild version number
35 bump, so if you installed before that change, it would have had the
36 same path as the old version.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] HEADS UP - postfix-2.9.0 is broken Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] HEADS UP - postfix-2.9.0 is broken Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>