package postfix 3.1.0-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Darren]

Reports LSB failed to start

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: postfix 3.1.0-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-89.112-generic 4.4.76
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-89-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
AptOrdering:
 postfix: Install
 postfix: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 10 19:35:12 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
EtcMailname: optimaacoustics.eu
Hostname: HALEHOME
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-30 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.3)
PostconfMydomain: localdomain
PostconfMyhostname: HALEHOME
PostconfMyorigin: /etc/mailname
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
ResolvConf:
 # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
 nameserver 194.168.4.100
 nameserver 194.168.8.100
 nameserver 127.0.1.1
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix 3.1.0-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.post-install: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix-files: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix-script: [deleted]

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Darren,
from your log:
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.post-install: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix-files: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix-script: [deleted]

I was able to reproduce by deleting those files.
So you need to decide to either remove postfix if you don#t want it e.g.

$ apt purge postfix

Or to reinstall the missing conffiles, for the latter see [1].

[1]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/66533/how-can-i-restore-configuration-files

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thank you for your report.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.

If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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