dovecot.conf error during configure #9

shaohme commented 2026年05月22日 18:08:22 +02:00

I'm trying to package wormhole for Alpine Linux, but I ran into this problem with ./configure needing to check an option using doveconf. It fails because no dovecot.conf file exists in my build environment when building.

...
checking checking if dovecot/lib.h can be compiled with -Werror=sign-compare... yes
checking for doveconf... doveconf
checking if auth_socket_path config option is hidden... doveconf: Fatal: open(/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf) failed: No such file or directory
doveconf: Fatal: open(/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf) failed: No such file or directory
configure: error: config option auth_socket_path does not exist
>>> ERROR: dovecot-wormhole: build failed

I know from the README.md that an initial configuration file can be created, but can this be omitted, or do I have to find a way to generate a dovecot.conf during build? When building as a non-privileged user, this fails because of file system permissions.

I'm trying to package wormhole for Alpine Linux, but I ran into this problem with ./configure needing to check an option using doveconf. It fails because no dovecot.conf file exists in my build environment when building. ``` ... checking checking if dovecot/lib.h can be compiled with -Werror=sign-compare... yes checking for doveconf... doveconf checking if auth_socket_path config option is hidden... doveconf: Fatal: open(/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf) failed: No such file or directory doveconf: Fatal: open(/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf) failed: No such file or directory configure: error: config option auth_socket_path does not exist >>> ERROR: dovecot-wormhole: build failed ``` I know from the README.md that an initial configuration file can be created, but can this be omitted, or do I have to find a way to generate a dovecot.conf during build? When building as a non-privileged user, this fails because of file system permissions.

errror commented 2026年05月22日 20:45:21 +02:00

Hi @shaohme ,

thanks for pointing this out. As you can see, I commited a fix to the git repo, which you can use for your package until I released a new version.

Maybe you could inform the maintainer of the Dovecot package for Alpine about this. Alpine is the only distro I know so far which ships a dovecot package without an initial basic dovecot.conf. Even the packages from repo.dovecot.org ship:

dovecot_config_version = 2.4.4
dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.4
protocols =
!include_try conf.d/*.conf

That way, dovecot is a valid config and users can extend it with drop-ins in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/.

Hi @shaohme , thanks for pointing this out. As you can see, I commited a fix to the git repo, which you can use for your package until I released a new version. Maybe you could inform the maintainer of the Dovecot package for Alpine about this. Alpine is the only distro I know so far which ships a dovecot package without an initial basic `dovecot.conf`. Even the packages from repo.dovecot.org ship: ``` dovecot_config_version = 2.4.4 dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.4 protocols = !include_try conf.d/*.conf ``` That way, dovecot is a valid config and users can extend it with drop-ins in `/etc/dovecot/conf.d/`.

errror commented 2026年05月22日 20:47:44 +02:00

P.S.: Please let me know (e.g. by mail), when the package is ready. I would like to test it. And thank you for taking care of packaging wormhole for Alpine Linux!

P.S.: Please let me know (e.g. by mail), when the package is ready. I would like to test it. And thank you for taking care of packaging wormhole for Alpine Linux!

shaohme commented 2026年05月22日 21:47:54 +02:00

@errror Thank you for porting this feature. I'm only starting to get my head around it, so it'll be some time before I'll propose a package to Alpine aports. I can send you what apk build template I have now by email if you want.

@errror Thank you for porting this feature. I'm only starting to get my head around it, so it'll be some time before I'll propose a package to Alpine aports. I can send you what apk build template I have now by email if you want.