amavisd-new broken user (again) Intrepid
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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amavisd-new (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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amavisd-new (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: amavisd-new
Error occurs when reinstalling amavisd-new after purge (apt-get)
Note also english typo below...
Package details: amavisd-new (1:2.6.
Transcript:
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up amavisd-new (1:2.6.
Creating/updating amavis user account...
Broken amavis system user found. To insure data-safety,
it is up to you the local administrator to remove the broken
amavis user, or repair it so that it is sane
dpkg: error processing amavisd-new (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
amavisd-new
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Changed in amavisd-new: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
I can confirm this problem in Intrepid. Doing a full purge of amavisd-new doesn't remove the user amavis, hence causing the reinstall of amavisd-new to fail.
I can confirm the same problem in Hardy.