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maildrop package

package maildrop 2.0.4-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #477141 reported by Mynx on 2009-11-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #474764: package maildrop (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/share/man/man5/maildir.5.gz is already managed by maildir.5.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	maildrop (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: maildrop

I Was Trying To Install ISPConfig3 Or SysCP
If There Is A Guide To Installing maildrop and/or installing ISPConfig3 or SysCP
That Would Be Appreciated

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 6 20:50:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: maildrop 2.0.4-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: maildrop
Title: package maildrop 2.0.4-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Mynx (mynx) wrote on 2009-11-07:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (451 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (762 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (51.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (18.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Ivan Razumov (iarspider) wrote on 2009-11-27:

Same for me. Here is some more information:
Setting up maildrop (2.0.4-3) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/share/man/man5/maildir.5.gz is already managed by maildir.5.
dpkg: error processing maildrop (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
maildrop
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up maildrop (2.0.4-3) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/share/man/man5/maildir.5.gz is already managed by maildir.5.
dpkg: error processing maildrop (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
maildrop

It seems that either maildrop or maildir has improper configuration (one provides gzip-ed man page, another - uncompressed, hence the conflict)

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-03-16:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 474764, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.