upgrade aborts: errors encountered while processing amavisd-new
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Software Updater |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
amavisd-new (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
console transcript follows below.
this was during a text console network-based upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04
after this, i apt-get remove'd amavisd-new
then removed the file /etc/fstab.pre-uuid
then ran dpkg --configure -a
then apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade
and it seems to be done
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Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
Errors were encountered while processing:
amavisd-new
Could not install the upgrades
The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
include the files in /var/log/
E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpe_
code (1)
Setting up amavisd-new (1:2.5.3-1ubuntu3) ...
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
/etc/fstab.pre-uuid already exists
remove this file before running the script again
Could not install the upgrades
The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
include the files in /var/log/
installArchives() failed
Setting up amavisd-new (1:2.5.3-1ubuntu3) ...
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
/etc/fstab.pre-uuid already exists
remove this file before running the script again
Changed in amavisd-new: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Actually, the "amavisd-new" package is broken. new_1%3a2. 5.3-1ubuntu3_ all.deb) ...
I am trying to install amavis on my mail server and it keeps complaining that the user "amavis" exists already:
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Se despachetează amavisd-new (din .../amavisd-
Se pregătește amavisd-new (1:2.5.3-1ubuntu3) ...
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
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Well, the user "amavis" is created during the installation of "amavisd-new". This is a stupid situation.