package postfix 2.5.5-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 75

[chuck adams]

Binary package hint: postfix

Installed ubuntu 9.04 final release April 23rd, 2009. Installing KDE3.5 from
http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net
and the failure occurred.

Hope this helps.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 75
Package: postfix 2.5.5-1.1
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix 2.5.5-1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 75
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is the error:

Adding system user `postfix' (UID 113) ...
Adding new user `postfix' (UID 113) with group `postfix' ...
Not creating home directory `/var/spool/postfix'.
Creating /etc/postfix/dynamicmaps.cf
Adding tcp map entry to /etc/postfix/dynamicmaps.cf
Adding group `postdrop' (GID 124) ...
Done.
setting myhostname: ubuntu-9.04
setting alias maps
setting alias database
changing /etc/mailname to ubuntu-9.04
setting myorigin
setting destinations: ubuntu-9.04, localhost.04, , localhost
setting relayhost:
setting mynetworks: 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
setting mailbox_command
setting mailbox_size_limit: 0
setting recipient_delimiter: +
setting inet_interfaces: all
/etc/aliases does not exist, creating it.
WARNING: /etc/aliases exists, but does not have a root alias.

Postfix is now set up with a default configuration. If you need to make
changes, edit
/etc/postfix/main.cf (and others) as needed. To view Postfix configuration
values, see postconf(1).

After modifying main.cf, be sure to run '/etc/init.d/postfix reload'.

Running newaliases
newaliases: warning: valid_hostname: numeric hostname: 04
newaliases: fatal: file /etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mydomain: bad parameter value: 04
dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 75

[Jonathan Marsden (jmarsden)]

Thanks for reporting this, and so helping to make Ubuntu even better.

As far as i can tell, something about the configuration of your machine apparently caused the scripts concerned to think your hostname was '04'. This is not a valid hostname, since hostnames should start with a letter.

Could you please attach copies of the two files /etc/host and /etc/hostname to this bug report?

Thanks,

Jonathan

[Jonathan Marsden (jmarsden)]

I meant:

Could you please attach copies of the two files /etc/hosts and /etc/hostnames to this bug report?

[ReimarBauer (reimarbauer)]

upgrade to package postfix 2.5.5-1.1 fails currently on my ubuntu 9.0.4

[kaipanoi (kaipanoi)]

I also am affected by this bug under the same pkg ver and arch. I have a hostname beginning with letters ending in numbers.

[Sam Bisbee (sbisbee)]

The requested information was provided, so "Incomplete" no longer applies. Marked as "Confirmed" because I've experienced this and it appears that n8bounds has as well.

Thanks.