[GF-Users] sieve install ldap/devel rpm

Peter peter at pajamian.dhs.org
Mon May 25 20:19:50 MST 2026


Looks like the shared libs, for some reason, were placed in the -devel 
package instead of the base package.  I'm not sure why it's forcing the 
install of -ldap but I'll tackle that after fixing the -devel issue.


Peter


On 26/05/2026 08:57, rcortes at edos.cl wrote:
> Hi!!
> 
> I totally agree, but simply installing Sieve installs the dependencies 
> Sieve-devel and Sieve-LDAP, and they cannot be uninstalled.
> 
> [root at host bin]# rpm -qa|grep sieve
> dovecot24-sieve-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
> dovecot24-sieve-devel-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
> dovecot-managesieved-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
> [root at host bin]# dnf remove dovecot24-sieve-devel-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
> Dependencies resolved.
> =======================================================================================================================================================================
>   Package                                         Architecture          
> Version                                     Repository                 Size
> =======================================================================================================================================================================
> Removing:
>   dovecot24-sieve-devel                           x86_64          
> 2:2.4.3-2.gf.el9                            @gf-plus                1.2 M
> Removing dependent packages:
>   dovecot-managesieved                            x86_64          
> 2:2.4.3-2.gf.el9                            @gf-plus                174 k
>   dovecot24-sieve                                 x86_64          
> 2:2.4.3-2.gf.el9                            @gf-plus                2.2 M
> Removing unused dependencies:
>   dovecot24-ldap                                  x86_64          
> 2:2.4.3-2.gf.el9                            @gf-plus                215 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =======================================================================================================================================================================
> Remove  4 Packages
> 
> Freed space: 3.8 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: N
> Operation aborted.
> 
> 
> El 2026-05-24 21:14, Peter escribió:
>> On 24/05/2026 12:52, rcortes at edos.cl wrote:
>>> is normal install dovecot24-sieve-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
>>
>> If you want to use sieve, then yes, otherwise it's not needed.
>>
>>> and for dependence install to:
>>>
>>> dovecot24-sieve-devel-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
>>
>> There shouldn't be any reason to install the -devel packages.
>>
>>> dovecot24-ldap-2.4.3-2.gf.el9.x86_64
>> If you need ldap support, sure.
>>
>> None of these are "normal" unless you want support for the feature that
>> they give you.  It's all up to what you want for your individual
>> installation.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
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