Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On Ma, 16 iun 20, 11:47:24, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Since postfix is already hosed: > > sudo rm -rf /etc/postfix > sudo apt install --reinstall postfix For most packages (didn't check postfix) this might not do what one expects. Files marked as dpkg conffiles will not be restored, as dpkg

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On 6/16/20 9:47 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Aitken wrote: ... Since postfix is already hosed: sudo rm -rf /etc/postfix sudo apt install --reinstall postfix Thanks, will save that for next time. Gary

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

Gary Aitken wrote: > On 6/16/20 6:03 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Gary Aitken wrote: > > > On 6/15/20 3:37 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > Gary Aitken wrote: > > > ... > > > > > When originally built, the system had a screwed-up postfix > > > > > installation; > > > > > in attempting to solve this

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On 6/16/20 6:03 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Aitken wrote: On 6/15/20 3:37 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Aitken wrote: ... When originally built, the system had a screwed-up postfix installation; in attempting to solve this problem, I wanted to uninstall postfix and reinstall it. However, I

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

Gary Aitken wrote: > On 6/15/20 3:37 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Gary Aitken wrote: > ... > > > When originally built, the system had a screwed-up postfix installation; > > > in attempting to solve this problem, I wanted to uninstall postfix and > > > reinstall it. However, I don't think I should

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:43 PM Gary Aitken wrote: > On 6/15/20 3:43 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:40 PM Gary Aitken > > wrote: > ... > > $ dpkg --simulate --remove postfix dpkg: could not open log > > '/var/log/dpkg.log':

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On 6/15/20 3:37 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Aitken wrote: ... When originally built, the system had a screwed-up postfix installation; in attempting to solve this problem, I wanted to uninstall postfix and reinstall it. However, I don't think I should do that because the postfix installation

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On 6/15/20 3:43 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:40 PM Gary Aitken mailto:deb...@dreamchaser.org>> wrote: ... $ dpkg --simulate --remove postfix dpkg: could not open log '/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied ... Lots of the apt and dpkg functions require Root or Sudo.

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:40 PM Gary Aitken wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm attempting to manage a google-compute system running debian/ubuntu; > I normally run a freebsd system so I'm out of my element here and web > searches haven't helped: > > 81~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 11 14:56:45 UTC 2020 x86_64

Re: libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

Gary Aitken wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm attempting to manage a google-compute system running debian/ubuntu; > I normally run a freebsd system so I'm out of my element here and web > searches haven't helped: > > When originally built, the system had a screwed-up postfix installation; > in

libc-bin "cycle found while processing triggers"

Hi all, I'm attempting to manage a google-compute system running debian/ubuntu; I normally run a freebsd system so I'm out of my element here and web searches haven't helped: 81~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 11 14:56:45 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When originally built, the system