Ubuntu
dovecot package

mail-stack-delivery wont install: preinst: 67: Syntax error: end of file unexpected

Bug #645808 reported by Niall Creech
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
dovecot (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Thierry Carrez
Maverick
Fix Released
High
Thierry Carrez

Bug Description

$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
$ sudo apt-get install mail-stack-delivery
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  mail-stack-delivery
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 39 not upgraded.
Need to get 525kB of archives.
After this operation, 618kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe mail-stack-delivery all 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu3 [525kB]
Fetched 525kB in 2s (234kB/s)
(Reading database ... 279148 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mail-stack-delivery (from .../mail-stack-delivery_1%3a1.2.12-1ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 67: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ";;")
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mail-stack-delivery_1%3a1.2.12-1ubuntu3_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mail-stack-delivery_1%3a1.2.12-1ubuntu3_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: mail-stack-delivery (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 23 08:34:05 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dovecot

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/maverick/dovecot
Revision history for this message
Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

dovecot (1:1.2.12-1ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low

  * debian/mail-stack-delivery.preinst:
    - Properly close switch/case statement (LP: #645808)

Test-Build: https://edge.launchpad.net/~sevenmachines/+archive/release+1/+packages

Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → SevenMachines (sevenmachines)
Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu):
assignee: SevenMachines (sevenmachines) → nobody
tags: added: patch
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: server-mrs
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu Maverick):
assignee: nobody → Thierry Carrez (ttx)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package dovecot - 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu4

---------------
dovecot (1:1.2.12-1ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low

  * debian/mail-stack-delivery.preinst:
    - Properly close switch/case statement (LP: #645808)
 -- Niall Creech <email address hidden> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:58:04 +0100

Changed in dovecot (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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