Dovecot not updating correctly

Paarsch

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Hello!

I have a couple of CentOS Directadmin VPSses running and with the latest update ran into a strange issue. When updating through ./build update, Directadmin does not seem to see the new Dovecot 2.3.x version. It keeps insisting that Dovecot 2.2.33 is the last version. The trouble is though, that the Dovecot conf is using the new 0.3 (or 2.3.x) settings in ssl.conf. This causes Dovecot to crash on startup. I altered the ssl.conf to the "old" 2.2.x use of settings and parameters, so for now Dovecot seems happy again.

Strange this is; why won't Directadmin update Dovecot to the latest version?

Kind Regards
 
Can you check which server you are using? It seems files6 is running behind with some things.
Try this:
Code:
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set_fastest
After that, do a ./build update again and try to update Dovecot after that and see if it works.
 
Thanks Richard,

Just tried that and was a bit suprised with the outcome:

Code:
Testing with file 10.kb:
343932928 B/s   - files2.directadmin.com
1981808 B/s     - files4.directadmin.com
310378496 B/s   - files5.directadmin.com
372244480 B/s   - files6.directadmin.com
502267904 B/s   - files7.directadmin.com
335544320 B/s   - files8.directadmin.com
3271557 B/s     - files9.directadmin.com
1363148 B/s     - files10.directadmin.com
572522496 B/s   - files11.directadmin.com
2107637 B/s     - files12.directadmin.com
444596224 B/s   - files13.directadmin.com
449839104 B/s   - files14.directadmin.com
355467264 B/s   - files15.directadmin.com
301989888 B/s   - files16.directadmin.com
331350016 B/s   - files18.directadmin.com
524288000 B/s   - files19.directadmin.com
661651456 B/s   - files20.directadmin.com
663748608 B/s   - files22.directadmin.com
11114905 B/s    - files23.directadmin.com
42257612 B/s    - files24.directadmin.com
7497318 B/s     - files25.directadmin.com
3795845 B/s     - files26.directadmin.com
595591168 B/s   - files27.directadmin.com
23488102 B/s    - files28.directadmin.com
Total test duration: 10 seconds

Testing with file 100.kb:
337920 B/s      - files2.directadmin.com
3030384 B/s     - files4.directadmin.com
2338324 B/s     - files5.directadmin.com
16252928 B/s    - files6.directadmin.com
3240099 B/s     - files7.directadmin.com
449536 B/s      - files8.directadmin.com
260096 B/s      - files9.directadmin.com
99020 B/s       - files10.directadmin.com
1153433 B/s     - files11.directadmin.com
164864 B/s      - files12.directadmin.com
385024 B/s      - files13.directadmin.com
140288 B/s      - files14.directadmin.com
868352 B/s      - files15.directadmin.com
756736 B/s      - files16.directadmin.com
4487905 B/s     - files18.directadmin.com
163840 B/s      - files19.directadmin.com
347136 B/s      - files20.directadmin.com
2946498 B/s     - files22.directadmin.com
367616 B/s      - files23.directadmin.com
957440 B/s      - files24.directadmin.com
121856 B/s      - files25.directadmin.com
3093299 B/s     - files26.directadmin.com
217088 B/s      - files27.directadmin.com
421888 B/s      - files28.directadmin.com
Total test duration: 15 seconds

Fastest server is files6.directadmin.com at 16252928 B/s
Changed downloadserver option from files.directadmin.com to files6.directadmin.com

After the update i did a /build versions which still shows:

Code:
Latest version of dovecot: 2.2.33
Installed version of dovecot: 2.2.33

Latest version of dovecot.conf: 0.3
Installed version of dovecot.conf: 0.3
 
Never mind, just fixed it myself.

Turns out, because of an issue with a certain DoveCot update a while back, this version was hardcoded in custom_versions.txt. Tooks me a while to figure that one out...

Kindly thanks for your help though, Richard!
 
Ah I just wanted to suggest that if the issue persisted, but good you already found it yourself.
Indeed, custom things sometimes take some remembering and figuring out, had that kind of issue myself too in the past. :)

As for the help, you're welcome!
 
@rahul097: Please create a new thread with your issue, this has nothing to do with Dovecot update.
 
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