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postfix-pcre: Does not install

Bug #7235 reported by Debian Bug Importer
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LaMont Jones

Bug Description

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #262194 http://bugs.debian.org/262194

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In , Joe Nahmias (jello) wrote : postfix-pcre: better error message

Package: postfix-pcre
Version: 2.1.4-2
Followup-For: Bug #262194

I have the same problem, with a slightly different error message:

# dpkg --purge postfix-pcre
(Reading database ... 151400 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing postfix-pcre ...
root@laptop:~ # apt-get install postfix-pcre
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  postfix-pcre
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/29.8kB of archives.
After unpacking 90.1kB of additional disk space will be used.
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Selecting previously deselected package postfix-pcre.
(Reading database ... 151397 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postfix-pcre (from .../postfix-pcre_2.1.4-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up postfix-pcre (2.1.4-2) ...
/usr/share/postfix/postinst.functions: line 4: $2: cannot assign in this way
dpkg: error processing postfix-pcre (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 postfix-pcre
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hope this helps,
--Joe

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages postfix-pcre depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii postfix 2.1.4-2 A high-performance mail transport

-- no debconf information

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #262194 http://bugs.debian.org/262194

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:28:20 -0600
From: David Yaffe <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: postfix-pcre: Does not install

Package: postfix-pcre
Version: 2.1.4-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

postfix-pcre will not upgrade due to a bug in the install script:
VSetting up postfix-pcre (2.1.4-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix-pcre.postinst: 40: 2: bad variable name
dpkg: error processing postfix-pcre (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
postfix-pcre

Thanks,
David

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages postfix-pcre depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii postfix 2.1.4-2 A high-performance mail transport

-- no debconf information

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:08:21 -0400
From: Joe Nahmias <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: postfix-pcre: better error message

Package: postfix-pcre
Version: 2.1.4-2
Followup-For: Bug #262194

I have the same problem, with a slightly different error message:

# dpkg --purge postfix-pcre
(Reading database ... 151400 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing postfix-pcre ...
root@laptop:~ # apt-get install postfix-pcre
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  postfix-pcre
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/29.8kB of archives.
After unpacking 90.1kB of additional disk space will be used.
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Selecting previously deselected package postfix-pcre.
(Reading database ... 151397 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postfix-pcre (from .../postfix-pcre_2.1.4-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up postfix-pcre (2.1.4-2) ...
/usr/share/postfix/postinst.functions: line 4: $2: cannot assign in this way
dpkg: error processing postfix-pcre (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 postfix-pcre
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hope this helps,
--Joe

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages postfix-pcre depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii postfix 2.1.4-2 A high-performance mail transport

-- no debconf information

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In , Thomas Cataldo (thomas-cataldo) wrote : error in /usr/share/postfix/postfix.functions line 4

I downgraded bash from 3.0 to 2.05b-22 and it also fails. Definitly not
a bash related bug.

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In , Andreas Schultz (aschultz) wrote : see also #262127

Hi,

Same problem as in #262127. See there for a workaround

Andreas

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In , LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote : Bug#262194: fixed in postfix 2.1.4-3
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Source: postfix
Source-Version: 2.1.4-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
postfix, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

postfix-dev_2.1.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-dev_2.1.4-3_all.deb
postfix-doc_2.1.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-doc_2.1.4-3_all.deb
postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-mysql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-mysql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-pgsql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-pgsql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-tls_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-tls_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
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LaMont Jones <email address hidden> (supplier of updated postfix package)

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:39:49 -0600
Source: postfix
Binary: postfix-doc postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-dev postfix-tls postfix-pcre postfix postfix-mysql
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 2.1.4-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
Changed-By: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
Description:
 postfix - A high-performance mail transport agent
 postfix-dev - Postfix loadable modules development environment
 postfix-doc - Postfix documentation
 postfix-ldap - LDAP map support for Postfix
 postfix-mysql - MYSQL map support for Postfix
 postfix-pcre - PCRE map support for Postfix
 postfix-pgsql - PGSQL map support for Postfix
 postfix-tls - TLS and SASL support for Postfix
Closes: 258775 262127 262194
Changes:
 postfix (2.1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Cleanup typos in postinst. Closes: #262194,#262127
   * Fix typo in smtp/TLS. Closes: #258775
Files:
 c025660ab9042b06c0422919c68b4518 832 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
 9ef8265514b11311f96b7aaadfc2d279 421357 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
 88712fc5d6026969a9749a93e73a3e19 793716 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 0cecd04f98f5304905efe8ac3ad24c0b 34756 mail extra postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 ce42d84f960a9c791c39b60056b3908b 29812 mail extra postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 d81beb17836e58f01d1552392dcd6dd2 30092 mail extra postfix-mysql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 90b58aed808919973821a09c64413f0b 30498 mail extra postfix-pgsql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 fe6c9a560515e86ce0a081f802fda157 155286 mail extra postfix-tls_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
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In , Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt) wrote : postfix-pcre: bash 3.0 related?

Package: postfix-pcre
Version: 2.1.4-2
Followup-For: Bug #262194

This bug may be bash-3.0 related...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.20aa1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages postfix-pcre depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii postfix 2.1.4-2 A high-performance mail transport

-- no debconf information

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

This is the same bug that was introduced and fixed in warty at the same time.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <1091171843.6041.11.camel@buffy>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:17:23 +0200
From: Thomas Cataldo <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: error in /usr/share/postfix/postfix.functions line 4

I downgraded bash from 3.0 to 2.05b-22 and it also fails. Definitly not
a bash related bug.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:42:26 +0200
From: Andreas Schultz <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: see also #262127

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Hi,

Same problem as in #262127. See there for a workaround

Andreas

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In , LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote : severity of 262194 is serious

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1
severity 262194 serious

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :
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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:02:16 -0400
From: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#262194: fixed in postfix 2.1.4-3

Source: postfix
Source-Version: 2.1.4-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
postfix, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

postfix-dev_2.1.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-dev_2.1.4-3_all.deb
postfix-doc_2.1.4-3_all.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-doc_2.1.4-3_all.deb
postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-mysql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-mysql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-pgsql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-pgsql_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix-tls_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-tls_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
LaMont Jones <email address hidden> (supplier of updated postfix package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

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Hash: SHA1

Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:39:49 -0600
Source: postfix
Binary: postfix-doc postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-dev postfix-tls postfix-pcre postfix postfix-mysql
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 2.1.4-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
Changed-By: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
Description:
 postfix - A high-performance mail transport agent
 postfix-dev - Postfix loadable modules development environment
 postfix-doc - Postfix documentation
 postfix-ldap - LDAP map support for Postfix
 postfix-mysql - MYSQL map support for Postfix
 postfix-pcre - PCRE map support for Postfix
 postfix-pgsql - PGSQL map support for Postfix
 postfix-tls - TLS and SASL support for Postfix
Closes: 258775 262127 262194
Changes:
 postfix (2.1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Cleanup typos in postinst. Closes: #262194,#262127
   * Fix typo in smtp/TLS. Closes: #258775
Files:
 c025660ab9042b06c0422919c68b4518 832 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3.dsc
 9ef8265514b11311f96b7aaadfc2d279 421357 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3.diff.gz
 88712fc5d6026969a9749a93e73a3e19 793716 mail extra postfix_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 0cecd04f98f5304905efe8ac3ad24c0b 34756 mail extra postfix-ldap_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 ce42d84f960a9c791c39b60056b3908b 29812 mail extra postfix-pcre_2.1.4-3_i386.deb
 d81beb17836e58f01d1552392dcd6dd2 30092 mail extra postfix-...

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:18:22 +0200
From: Ralf Hildebrandt <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: postfix-pcre: bash 3.0 related?

Package: postfix-pcre
Version: 2.1.4-2
Followup-For: Bug #262194

This bug may be bash-3.0 related...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.20aa1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages postfix-pcre depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii postfix 2.1.4-2 A high-performance mail transport

-- no debconf information

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

*** Bug 7243 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:18:26 -0600
From: LaMont Jones <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 262194 is serious

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1
severity 262194 serious

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