I'm getting a similar failure on ubuntu 08.04. Linux dell-desktop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install ssmtp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ssmtp 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/47.3kB of archives. After this operation, 8192B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... export: 44: :: bad variable name ssmtp failed to preconfigure, with exit status 2 Selecting previously deselected package ssmtp. (Reading database ... 128014 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ssmtp (from .../ssmtp_2.61-13ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Setting up ssmtp (2.61-13ubuntu1) ... export: 44: :: bad variable name dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: ssmtp E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package ssmtp 2.61-12ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156808 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
