Package: postfix
Version: 2.8.5-1.1
Severity: important
No idea why the Postfix package creates /etc/aliases if the file doesn't
exist. The postinst script probably should check `postconf -h alias_database`
output. And it will hopefully do nothing if the output looks like
`${indexed}aliases'.
The `postalias: fatal: open /etc/postfix/aliases: No such file or directory'
problem is caused by my setup. There is no /etc/postfix/aliases file. There
are this files, among a Makefile and some other files:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2539 Dec 7 02:44 /etc/postfix/aliases.cdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 Dec 7 02:44 /etc/postfix/aliases.in
Because of the failed postalias command the Postfix packages is left
unconfigured. As a consequence Postfix will not be started again …
Best Regards,
Pascal
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages postfix depends on:
ii adduser 3.113
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41
ii dpkg 1.16.1.2
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libdb5.1 5.1.25-11
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.25.dfsg1-2
ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.0e-3
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
ii netbase 4.47
ii ssl-cert 1.0.28
Versions of packages postfix recommends:
ii python 2.7.2-9
Versions of packages postfix suggests:
pn bsd-mailx [mail-reader] 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
pn dovecot-common 1:2.0.15-1
pn dovecot-core [dovecot-common] 1:2.0.15-1
pn icedove [mail-reader] 3.1.16-1
pn libsasl2-modules 2.1.25.dfsg1-2
pn mutt [mail-reader] 1.5.21-5
pn postfix-cdb 2.8.5-1.1
pn postfix-ldap <none>
pn postfix-mysql <none>
pn postfix-pcre 2.8.5-1.1
pn postfix-pgsql 2.8.5-1.1
pn procmail <none>
pn resolvconf <none>
pn sasl2-bin <none>
pn sylpheed [mail-reader] 3.2.0~beta4-1
pn ufw <none>
-- debconf information excluded
…
Preparing to replace postfix-pgsql 2.8.3-1 (using
.../postfix-pgsql_2.8.5-1.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement postfix-pgsql ...
Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.3-1 (using .../postfix_2.8.5-1.1_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent: postfix.
Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent: postfix.
Unpacking replacement postfix ...
…
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/postfix ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/postfix ...
setting inet_protocols: ipv4,ipv6
###
# Huh? wtf ... where?
###
/etc/aliases does not exist, creating it.
Postfix is now set up with the changes above. 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
postalias: fatal: open /etc/postfix/aliases: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-cdb:
postfix-cdb depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-cdb (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-pcre:
postfix-pcre depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-pcre (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
…
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-pgsql:
postfix-pgsql depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-pgsql (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
…
Errors were encountered while processing:
postfix
postfix-cdb
postfix-pcre
postfix-pgsql
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up postfix (2.8.5-1.1) ...
setting inet_protocols: ipv4,ipv6
### once more ###
# Huh? wtf ... where?
###
Postfix is now set up with the changes above. 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
postalias: fatal: open /etc/postfix/aliases: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-cdb:
postfix-cdb depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-cdb (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-pgsql:
postfix-pgsql depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-pgsql (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix-pcre:
postfix-pcre depends on postfix (= 2.8.5-1.1); however:
Package postfix is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postfix-pcre (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
postfix
postfix-cdb
postfix-pgsql
postfix-pcre
…
