Re: Postfix upgrade b0rked

[Ilya Martynov <m_ilya@agava.com>]

DM> dpkg: error processing
DM> /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_0.0.20010502.SNAPSHOT-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
DM>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
DM>  Errors were encountered while processing:
DM>   /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_0.0.20010502.SNAPSHOT-2_i386.deb
DM>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
DM>   Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to recover:
DM> Press return to continue.

DM> This happens if select "no configuration", too. I'd be happier if the
DM> script's failover mode was to actually install the package and leave
DM> /etc/postfix/main.cf.dpkg-new for me to look at. 

DM> Dima

See

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98116&repeatmerged=yes

for description of workaround.

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