Using Synaptic, instead of usual Software Updater
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: amavisd-new 1:2.10.1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:28:12 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-04 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.15ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: amavisd-new
Title: package amavisd-new 1:2.10.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-12-04 (18 days ago)
Hi,
thank you for your report and your help to make Ubuntu better.
In the logs I only found:
Dec 22 16:34:50 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Starts amavisd-new mailfilter.
Dec 22 16:34:50 hostname systemd[1]: amavis.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
And:
Setting up amavisd-new (1:2.10.1-2ubuntu1) ...
Creating/updating amavis user account...
Job for amavis.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status amavis.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript amavis, action "start" failed.
I quickly tried, but it is not generally failing.
Quite often that is due to a local configuration change that lets the (updated) service no more start.
While it seems to be the issue that is not enough detail to make any assumptions yet.
Could you add the output of: "systemctl status amavis.service"
Also do you have applied any custom config to amavis?