From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D8311580EB for ; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gentoo.org (bobolink.gentoo.org [140.211.166.189]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: relay-lists.gentoo.org@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 477503434B6 for ; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bobolink.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477201103DE; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CA6C1103DE for ; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E42863434AF for ; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83235198A for ; Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:24 +0000 (UTC) From: "Eray Aslan" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Eray Aslan" Message-ID: <1747979836.4fa481dc53f0b8a874f52a045a5d8e4e2f8d4271.eras@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/ X-VCS-Repository: data/gentoo-news X-VCS-Files: 2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt X-VCS-Directories: 2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/ X-VCS-Committer: eras X-VCS-Committer-Name: Eray Aslan X-VCS-Revision: 4fa481dc53f0b8a874f52a045a5d8e4e2f8d4271 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 05:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: eb1467e8-f54c-48c2-90b4-66af087754b2 X-Archives-Hash: cc6a88e94538c78f1b5e58403a38322e commit: 4fa481dc53f0b8a874f52a045a5d8e4e2f8d4271 Author: Eray Aslan gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri May 23 05:57:16 2025 +0000 Commit: Eray Aslan gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri May 23 05:57:16 2025 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=4fa481dc Add news item for dovecot-2.4 upgrade Signed-off-by: Eray Aslan gentoo.org> .../2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt b/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bd7053 --- /dev/null +++ b/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade/2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.x may break on upgrade +Author: Eray Aslan +Posted: 2025-05-23 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: net-mail/dovecot + +Dovecot-2.4 introduced breaking change to its entire configuration system and +Dovecot-2.3 configuration files will NOT work after upgrade. Please read + +https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-to-2.4.html + +before upgrading. We strongly recommend finalizing your Dovecot 2.4 +configuration on a test system before upgrading any production systems. + +The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: + +1. Make a note of your current configuration by running doveconf -n +2. Stop the dovecot daemon +3. Move ALL your configuration files to a temporary location +4. Upgrade to dovecot-2.4.x +5. Read the new configuration files and uncomment as necessary +6. Compare the new doveconf -n output with the old one and add missing +configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after +each change