dspam-webfrontend fails to install: dpkg-statoverride: non-existing user dspam
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dspam (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Feisty |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: dspam-webfrontend
When doing 'apt-get install dspam-webfrontend' I get this error:
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Setting up dspam-webfrontend (3.6.8-4ubuntu1) ...
dpkg-statoverride: non-existing user dspam
Usage: dpkg-statoverride [<option> ...] <command>
Commands:
--add <owner> <group> <mode> <file>
--remove <file> remove file from the database.
--list [<glob-pattern>] list current overrides in the database.
Options:
--admindir <directory> set the directory with the statoverride file.
--update immediately update file permissions.
--force force an action even if a sanity check fails.
--quiet quiet operation, minimal output.
--help show this help message.
--version show the version.
dpkg: error processing dspam-webfrontend (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
dspam-webfrontend
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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You end up with a broken apt-get (which I still trying to fix)
dspam-webfrontend should be updated to 3.6.8-5 which fixes this
Debian bug: http://
version 3.6.8-5 changelog: http://
I am using feisty amd64 server
| Caspar Adriani (thecas) wrote | #1 |
| Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in dspam: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in dspam: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
To fix your system after this has happened:
sudo adduser dspam
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get remove dspam-webfrontend
sudo deluser dspam
sudo apt-get install dspam
sudo apt-get install dspam-webfrontend