| 2018-09-14 13:37:58 |
Dan Watkins |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2018-09-26 04:37:00 |
Launchpad Janitor |
sendmail (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2018-10-19 18:32:52 |
Brian Murray |
summary |
Removal fails with `update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add` |
install or removal fails with `update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add` |
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| 2018-10-19 18:32:56 |
Brian Murray |
sendmail (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2018-10-19 18:35:20 |
Brian Murray |
sendmail (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2018-10-19 23:36:00 |
Brian Murray |
sendmail (Ubuntu): status |
Triaged |
In Progress |
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| 2018-10-19 23:36:04 |
Brian Murray |
sendmail (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
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| 2018-10-25 22:13:07 |
Brian Murray |
description |
$ sudo apt-get remove -y sendmail-base 100 [ 09:37:15 ]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
sendmail-base
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 867 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 260510 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--remove):
installed sendmail-base package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: sendmail-base 8.15.2-11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 14 09:25:36 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (325 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: sendmail
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-10 (3 days ago) |
[Impact]
if you have update-inetd installed, part of all? -desktop metapackages, you can not install or upgrade sendmail-base.
[Test Case]
1) apt install update-inetd
2) apt install sendmail-base
With the old version of the package you'll observe the following failure.
Setting up sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
update-inetd: warning: cannot add service, /etc/inetd.conf does not exist
update-inetd: warning: cannot add service, /etc/inetd.conf does not exist
update-inetd: warning: cannot add service, /etc/inetd.conf does not exist
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--configure):
installed sendmail-base package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255
With the new version of the package you won't. Hooray!
[Regression Potential]
This has been fixed in Debian and the fix just removes an irrelevant argument, given that the package is currently uninstallable when update-inetd is installed the potential for making things worse is very low.
$ sudo apt-get remove -y sendmail-base 100 [ 09:37:15 ]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
sendmail-base
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 867 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 260510 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--remove):
installed sendmail-base package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: sendmail-base 8.15.2-11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 14 09:25:36 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (325 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: sendmail
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-10 (3 days ago) |
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| 2018-10-25 22:14:35 |
Brian Murray |
sendmail (Ubuntu Cosmic): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2018-10-25 22:14:37 |
Brian Murray |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2018-10-25 22:14:41 |
Brian Murray |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2018-10-25 22:14:45 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug cosmic |
amd64 apport-bug cosmic verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic |
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| 2018-10-29 21:21:15 |
Clement Guillaume |
bug |
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added subscriber Clement Guillaume |
| 2018-11-01 19:59:21 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug cosmic verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic |
amd64 apport-bug cosmic verification-done-cosmic verification-needed |
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| 2018-11-12 16:25:58 |
Launchpad Janitor |
sendmail (Ubuntu Cosmic): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2018-11-12 16:26:03 |
Brian Murray |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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| 2018-11-23 16:14:34 |
Launchpad Janitor |
sendmail (Ubuntu): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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