[Bug 339966] [NEW] dangerous action: dovecot-postfix force-installs new conf file

[Mathias Gug]

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:57:16PM -0000, C de-Avillez wrote:
> Package Version: dovecot-postfix_1%3a1.1.11-0ubuntu2_all.deb
> Expected Results: current dovecot configuration will stay active, user will be warned to match & merge new configuration
> Actual Results: existing configuration replaced by new dovecot-postfix.cfg.
> 
> I already run dovecot, and have it configured to use IMAP. After
> installing dovecot-postifx, dovecot was re-initialised, and defaulted to
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.cfg (out of the default, and correctly
> configured my my use) /etc/dovecot/dovecot.cfg.

Technically your customized dovecot.cfg file hasn't been overwritten
since the dovecot-postfix package installs a new configuration file
(dovecot-postfix.cfg). However the new configuration file
(dovecot-postfix.cfg) takes precedence over the standard one
(dovecot.cfg) when dovecot is started from the init script. Thus the
configuration of the system has been changed.

> Immediate mayhem ensured on my email clients. Even more painful,
> Evolution immediately reconfigured all email filters to access the new
> IMAP -- which is to say, none, since I could not login to dovecot
> anymore. Uninstalling dovecot-postfix did not resolve it; uninstalling
> --purge did, followed by manually resetting all email filters on
> Evolution.
> 
> Instead dovecot-postfix installation should not replace a currently in-
> use dovecot.conf, but suggest a match & merge.
> 

According to the dovecot-postfix description:

  Ubuntu's mail stack provides fully operational mail server with safe
  defaults and additional options. Out of the box it supports IMAP, POP3
  and SMTP services with SASL authentication and Maildir as default
  storage engine.

  This package contains configuration file for dovecot.

What were your expectations when installing the dovecot-postfix package?
I'm not sure we can support upgrades from an existing running dovecot
system.

  status incomplete

-- 
Mathias Gug
Ubuntu Developer  http://www.ubuntu.com


** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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dangerous action: dovecot-postfix force-installs new conf file
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