• Bug#266303: Unable to install mailscanner

    From Alain Belkadi@1:229/2 to All on Tue Aug 17 15:40:07 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: mailscanner
    Version: 4.32.5-2

    Debian 3.1, testing.

    Mailscanner was runningok

    I run apt-get update ... a new version is selected, I accept to update the package.

    The update "freeze" ... I remove mailscanner completly (apt-get remove --purge).

    Now when I try to install it again, I receive the follow message (see below).

    Note if I fix the problem by creating the folder "by hand" the installation is successfull ... BUT mailscanner refuse to start (problem with the group id on some folders).

    borabora:~# apt-get install mailscanner
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    Suggested packages:
    f-prot-installer
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    mailscanner
    0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B/796kB of archives.
    After unpacking 4375kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    (Reading database ... 32899 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mailscanner (from .../mailscanner_4.32.5-2_all.deb) ...
    ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/Custom' to `/etc/MailScanner/Custom': No such file or directory
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mailscanner_4.32.5-2_all.deb (--unpack):
    subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    /var/cache/apt/archives/mailscanner_4.32.5-2_all.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


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