pachage sa-compile 3.4.1-3 failed to install/upgrade:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Samuel]

I was upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04.4 to 16.04 is all I know. It stuck for a while due to the VPS thinking I was holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys, making me unable to answer wether to upgrade or keep the config files for about 6 hours, though I have no clue if it's anyhow related to this. This only affects spamassassin, right?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: sa-compile 3.4.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-79.123-generic 3.13.11-ckt33
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-79-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 23 05:01:00 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (857 days ago)
InstallationMedia:

PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: spamassassin
Title: package sa-compile 3.4.1-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-23 (0 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

Aug 23 05:00:48.827 [23344] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/etc/spamassassin/local.cf": use_dcc 0
sa-compile: not compiling; 'spamassassin --lint' check failed!

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Samuel (samuel96t-deactivatedaccount)]

I don't know if the line mentioned, "use_dcc 0", is present in the stock file? I can't remember putting it there, anyway.
Regardless, if this is in fact a local configuration problem that only affects me, and not a bug, then I'm glad to put this to bed.

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Hi Samuel,

A fresh trusty LXC container I installed sa-compile. The local.cf was all commented out except the following two lines:

ifplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Shortcircuit
endif # Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Shortcircuit

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for spamassassin (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]