On 18 Dec 2009, Wietse Venema wrote: > Anthony Campbell: > > 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. > > I will not take futher action until I have enough information to > reproduce this. Perhaps surprisingly, I am not running the same > Postfix port, and I am not running the same OS distribution. > > Wietse
I've reported it as a Debian bug for the package. Meanwhile, I assume my workaround of commenting out the lines will not cause any problems? 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
