package spamassassin 3.4.0-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: spamd: could not create IO::Socket::INET6 socket on [127.0.0.1]:783: Address already in use

[Bill Kuntz]

Happens every time I run apt-get update or install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: spamassassin 3.4.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
AptOrdering:
 spamassassin: Configure
 sa-compile: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 21 04:47:27 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:spamassassin:3.4.0-1ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 98
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 98
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-09 (833 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: spamassassin
Title: package spamassassin 3.4.0-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 98
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-08 (74 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.default.spamassassin: 2013-07-27T19:38:00.188620

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

My hypothesis for this issue is that the service's port was not released by the time the upgrade attempted to restart the service.

Any chance this is reproducible with the spamassassin from focal?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for spamassassin (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]