Courier Imap 3.0.7 rpmbuild fails with xfs->lvm2->md1

[Kai Leibrandt <k_leibrandt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I am trying to build courier-imap-3.0.7 using rpmbuild -ta as per 
instructions at http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/courierimap.html but 
unfortunately this fails with the following result:

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/usr/bin/make  check-am
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/var/export/home/kailee.net/kai/rpm/BUILD/courier-imap-3.0.7/maildir'
/bin/sh ./testsuite 2>&1 | cmp - ./testsuite.txt
LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; ./maildirkwtest | cmp -s - ./maildirkwtest.txt
LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; ./maildiraclttest
testmaildiraclt.c(145): sanity check failed.
make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/var/export/home/kailee.net/kai/rpm/BUILD/courier-imap-3.0.7/maildir'
make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/var/export/home/kailee.net/kai/rpm/BUILD/courier-imap-3.0.7/maildir'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.27389 (%build)


RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.27389 (%build)
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I've tried opening up the spec and building from that but it gives me 
the exact same result.

System is FC2, kernel 2.6.8-1.521, rpm 4.3.1, gcc 3.3.3, all filesystems 
are xfs->lvm2->md1 raid.

The same system will happily rpmbuild all the source _if the fs in 
question is not on lvm_, ie. xfs->md1.

This has been posted to the Courier-Imap mailing list too, and I got the 
following info from there:
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> Sorry for following up to my own post; I have tried doing the same
> thing on an identical setup without lvm (FC2 on xfs->software raid1
> instead of xfs->lvm2->software raid1) and there it works. Can this
> have anything to do with the error I get?


Yes, although I don't know what the actual problem is.

The portion of the code in question makes some internal library calls 
whose intended effect is to cause certain content to be written out to 
certain files.  It then verifies whether the expected files actually exist.

However, I don't see how LVM could possibly be a factor.  LVM should not 
make any difference, as long as you're using the same filesystem on top. 
 But, say, if it's ext3 in one case, and something else (reiser? xfs?) 
in the other case, then you'll might be onto something.
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Sounds a little like the grub-bug - data not being written?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Kai.