Package: courier-imap Followup-For: Bug #815956 I just ran into this bug, so it's still an issue for upgrading. I'll go poking around the control scripts in a bit and see WTF the issue is.
Like OP said: Setting up courier-imap (4.16.2+0.75.0-18) ... Usage: /usr/bin/makedat -src=src -file=file -tmp=tmpfile -hup=hupfile [-cidr] dpkg: error processing package courier-imap (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages courier-imap depends on: ii courier-authlib 0.66.4-7 ii courier-base 0.75.0-18 ii courier-mta [mail-transport-agent] 0.75.0-18 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59 ii libc6 2.22-7 ii libcourier-unicode1 1.4-2 ii libgamin0 [libfam0] 0.1.10-5 ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-13.1 ii libidn11 1.32-3 ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-59.3 courier-imap recommends no packages. Versions of packages courier-imap suggests: ii courier-doc 0.75.0-18 ii mutt [imap-client] 1.5.24-1+b1 ii s-nail [imap-client] 14.8.8-1 -- Configuration Files: /etc/courier/imapd changed [not included] /etc/courier/imapd-ssl changed [not included] /etc/courier/imapd.cnf [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/courier/imapd.cnf' -- no debconf information

