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Re: Bug#189566: amavisd-new: bad interaction with package amavis-ng



On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 10:22:45 +1000, Brian May wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 09:33:01PM +0200, ernst.kloppenburg@gmx.de wrote:
> > Package: amavisd-new
> > Version: 20021227p2-5
> > Severity: grave
> 
> Grave would seem to be a bit of an overkill? amavisd-new still works OK
> for the majority of users...
> 

I chose grave, because in the state described below one of the amavisd ate
100% cpu constantly (this was how I noticed the problem).

> > when 
> >    - amavis-ng is installed (I used version 0.1.6.2-1), 
> >    - and amavisd-new previously had been installed but now only its
> >      config-files are present, 
> > then 
> >    the init-scripts of _both_ packages start the program
> >    /usr/sbin/amavisd
> 
> I really don't know what to do about this bug. I think the
> same thing has happened before with similar situations, but
> I don't know what was decided.
> 
> Both init-scripts check for the existance of /usr/sbin/amavisd,
> and assume it is their version of the program and will run it.

yes. So maybe one of the packages should have its amavisd renamed.


-- 
Ernst Kloppenburg
Stuttgart, Germany



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