On 18 Dec 2009, Wietse Venema wrote: > Anthony Campbell: > > > > I am running postfix via the Debian package in Sid. > > > > I get the following message during installation or with postfix check: > > > > postfix/usr/lib/postfix/post-install: line 493: test: too many arguments > > /usr/lib/postfix/post-install: line 493: test: too many arguments > > /usr/lib/postfix/post-install: line 493: test: too many arguments > > /usr/lib/postfix/post-install: line 493: test: too many arguments > > > > But postfix still runs normally. > > > > I commented out the following lines in /usr/lib/postfix/post-install > > which seem to refer to Solaris: > > > > # Flag obsolete objects. XXX Solaris 2..9 does not have "test -e". > > if [ -n "$obsolete_flag" ] > > then > > test -r $path -a "$type" != "d" && obsolete="$obsolete $path" > > continue; > > else > > keep_list="$keep_list $path" > > fi > > > > This removes the error and there don't seem to be any adverse effects > > so far. Can anyone shed light on this please? > > You probably have garbage at the end of /etc/postfix/postfix-files. > Delete any empty line, ^Z characters or other junk. > > Wietse
There doesn't seem to be anything of that sort there, and no empty lines. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell
