From 6b09ea3f2fdaa20e3ba0051031b0e7e8ef1b910d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam James Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 23:23:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] 2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade, 2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization: use dovecot -nP more Like in b39e4d0ef9f8378c01ca8b27c48ee48abbe6cc3f. Signed-off-by: Sam James --- .../2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt | 4 ++-- .../2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) 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 index 124b3c7cdaf75..fbae818976e74 100644 --- 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 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.x may break on upgrade Author: Eray Aslan Posted: 2025-05-23 -Revision: 2 +Revision: 3 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: net-mail/dovecot @@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: 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 +6. Compare the new doveconf -nP output with the old one and add missing configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after each change diff --git a/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt index c599e69eb1e1e..112b76ef8c579 100644 --- a/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt +++ b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.2 stabilization Author: Eray Aslan Posted: 2026-01-08 -Revision: 2 +Revision: 3 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: net-mail/dovecot Display-If-Keyword: amd64 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: 3. Move ALL your configuration files to a temporary location 4. Upgrade to dovecot-2.4.2 5. Read the new configuration files and uncomment as necessary -6. Compare the new doveconf -n output with the old one and add missing +6. Compare the new doveconf -nP output with the old one and add missing configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after each change From a6fd323b287a957deeb731273c21a14e9cf98ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam James Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 23:25:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] 2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade, 2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization: mention converter Signed-off-by: Sam James --- .../2025-05-23-dovecot-2_4-upgrade.en.txt | 5 ++++- .../2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 index fbae818976e74..ec622c6f9ade6 100644 --- 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 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: net-mail/dovecot-2.4.x may break on upgrade Author: Eray Aslan Posted: 2025-05-23 -Revision: 3 +Revision: 4 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: net-mail/dovecot @@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: 6. Compare the new doveconf -nP output with the old one and add missing configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after each change + +A configuration upgrader is available at https://dovecot.org/upgrader/ but +it doesn't cover all cases. diff --git a/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt index 112b76ef8c579..98732f20e0cb4 100644 --- a/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt +++ b/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization/2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization.en.txt @@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier: configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after each change +A configuration upgrader is available at https://dovecot.org/upgrader/ but +it doesn't cover all cases. + [1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/967978