Try the following (it worked for me: I had a working flawless Xmail
server).
After that the installation failed, open the file:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/xmail.postinst
you need to find this lines:
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
#we are installing for the first time
cp /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample/*.tab /etc/xmail
cp /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample/dnsroots /etc/xmail
#make links to xmail config files
ln -s /etc/xmail/*.tab /var/lib/xmail/
ln -s /etc/xmail/dnsroots /var/lib/xmail
chmod 711 /var/lib/xmail
you need to edit 4 lines starting with "cp ..." and "ln ..." as follow:
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
#we are installing for the first time
cp -u /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample/*.tab /etc/xmail
cp -u /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample/dnsroots /etc/xmail
#make links to xmail config files
ln -s -f /etc/xmail/*.tab /var/lib/xmail/
ln -s -f /etc/xmail/dnsroots /var/lib/xmail
chmod 711 /var/lib/xmail
In order to the install process the new xmail.postinst, I installed (and
removed) a dummy application
NOTICE:
a minor bug is in the /var/lib/xmail/message.id file (it must contains
a pure number, so you need to change a line in the file /etc/init.d/xmail):
it must be changed BEFORE xmail starts.
find this line:
echo -e "1\r\n\0" > /var/lib/xmail/message.id
and change it in:
echo "1" > /var/lib/xmail/message.id
alternatively you may change manually the file /var/lib/xmail/message.id
writing a unique line containing the number 1
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xmail - feisty - deb package install error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128353
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