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package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #542307 reported by cowboys4lyfe
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postfix (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

do not know

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 19 18:56:44 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: postfix (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

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cowboys4lyfe (sportz-237) wrote :
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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Hi,

I was wondering if you were still having this problem?

Regards
chuck

Changed in postfix (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

Confirmed by duplicate bugs, there is apparently something that can make the preinst fail on new installs (at least for postfix_2.6.5-3_i386.deb in 9.10)

Changed in postfix (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Simon Déziel (sdeziel) wrote :

Ubuntu 9.10 is (long) EOL much newer releases come with much newer versions of postfix:

$ rmadison postfix
 postfix | 2.9.1-4 | precise | source, amd64, armel, armhf, i386, powerpc
 postfix | 2.9.6-1~12.04.3 | precise-updates | source, amd64, armel, armhf, i386, powerpc
 postfix | 2.11.0-1 | trusty | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 postfix | 2.11.0-1ubuntu1.2 | trusty-updates | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 postfix | 3.1.0-3 | xenial | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
 postfix | 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.4 | xenial-updates | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
 postfix | 3.3.0-1 | bionic | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x
 postfix | 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.3 | bionic-updates | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x
 postfix | 3.4.10-1ubuntu1 | focal | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
 postfix | 3.4.13-0ubuntu1 | focal-updates | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
 postfix | 3.5.6-1 | groovy | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x

So I'll mark this old bug as invalid.

Changed in postfix (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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