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FS#21138 - [dovecot] optional dependencies not optional

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Norbert Zeh (nzeh) - Thursday, 07 October 2010, 21:24 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Friday, 22 October 2010, 18:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description: The extra/dovecot package lists
* libmysqlclient
* postgresql-libs
as optional dependencies. They are, however, required because /usr/lib/dovecot/auth is linked against
* libmysqlclient.so.16
* libpq.so.5
which are contained in the above packages. Without those libraries /usr/lib/dovecot/auth does not run. Thus, these "optional" dependencies should in fact be listed as dependencies.

Additional info:
* package version: 2.0.5-1

Steps to reproduce: Install dovecot without these optional dependencies, configure it and try to connect to the mail server. It will hang because /usr/lib/dovecot/auth crashes due to missing shared libraries.
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Friday, 22 October 2010, 18:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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