sarge to etch gone wrong

namit · 07-05-2007, 06:54 AM

So just upgraded from sarge to etch and it seams to have most things installed ok except

The following. what can i do with this?

I think this is because i said no to overwriting the configuration file when doing an dist-upgrade.

Quote:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
dovecot-common is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up apache-ssl (1.3.34-4.1) ...
Starting apache-ssl 1.3 web server... failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up dovecot-common (1.0.rc15-2) ...
You already have ssl certs for dovecot.
Starting mail server: dovecotError: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 40: Unknown setting: ssl_parameters_file
invoke-rc.d: initscript dovecot, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dovecot-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 89
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dovecot-imapd:
dovecot-imapd depends on dovecot-common (>= 1.0.beta3-1); however:
Package dovecot-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dovecot-imapd (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dovecot-pop3d:
dovecot-pop3d depends on dovecot-common (>= 1.0.beta3-1); however:
Package dovecot-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dovecot-pop3d (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl
dovecot-common
dovecot-imapd
dovecot-pop3d
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Dutch Master · 07-05-2007, 07:01 AM

Try the force option:

Code:

apt-get -f

No arguments, just that.

nx5000 · 07-05-2007, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Starting apache-ssl 1.3 web server... failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Code:

sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache-ssl.postinst

Try to see why it fails

Quote:

Starting mail server: dovecotError: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 40:

Hum yes for this one, you will need to merge your own modified sarge-configuration with the new etch version.
If you have modified dovecot conf file, move it to somewhere else, like /etc/dovecot/orig-dovecot.conf
then reinstall the package (this dovecot.conf is not defined in dovecot-common as a configuration file, so reinstalling the package should pull the current debian dovecot.conf), maybe

Code:

apt-get -f --reinstall install dovecot-common

Then you can use tkdiff to merge your old config and the new config from repos.

namit · 07-05-2007, 08:11 AM

so did the flowing

did what you said.

ran:

Quote:

namit:/etc/ssl/certs$ sudo apt-get -f --reinstall install dovecot-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1129kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 57104 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dovecot-common 1.0.rc15-2 (using .../dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2_i386.deb) ...
Stopping mail server: dovecot .
Unpacking replacement dovecot-common ...
Setting up apache-ssl (1.3.34-4.1) ...
Starting apache-ssl 1.3 web server... failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up dovecot-common (1.0.rc15-2) ...
You already have ssl certs for dovecot.

Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sudo rm /etc/ssl/dovecot.pem

ran again

Quote:

namit@mailman:/etc/ssl/certs$ sudo apt-get -f --reinstall install dovecot-common apache-ssl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1129kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 57104 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dovecot-common 1.0.rc15-2 (using .../dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2_i386.deb) ...
Stopping mail server: dovecot .
Unpacking replacement dovecot-common ...
Setting up apache-ssl (1.3.34-4.1) ...
Starting apache-ssl 1.3 web server... failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up dovecot-common (1.0.rc15-2) ...
Creating generic self-signed certificate: /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
(replace with hand-crafted or authorized one if needed).
Warning : Bad SSL config, can't generate certificate
chown: cannot access `/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem': No such file or directory
chgrp: cannot access `/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem': No such file or directory

Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

nx5000 · 07-05-2007, 09:57 AM

And what about apache?

when icedove was reinstalled, everything was fine
then you removed one file which is not included in the package, so reinstalling was not necessary.
Your icedove problem is now specific to icedove, which I don't know.
Try dpkg-reconfigure icedove (or icedove-common) or search in the documentation how to generate the certificates.

Maybe sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem followed by dpkg-reconfigure icedove-common would have worked. dunno..

namit · 07-05-2007, 10:02 AM

icedove?

have tried apt-get install and there is erorr when encountered while processing:

Quote:

invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

nx5000 · 07-05-2007, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namit

icedove?

lol dovecot

Quote:

have tried apt-get install and there is erorr when encountered while processing:

did you read completly my initial post?

namit · 07-05-2007, 10:26 AM

yes

output of sudo sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache-ssl.postinst

Quote:

+ set -e
+ make_selfsigned_cert
+ '[' '!' -f /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem ']'
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache-ssl.postinst

Then the apt-get -f --reinstall install dovecot-common crashes

Quote:

namit@mailman:~$ sudo apt-get -f --reinstall install dovecot-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1129kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 57113 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dovecot-common 1.0.rc15-2 (using .../dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2_i386.deb) ...
Stopping mail server: dovecot .
Unpacking replacement dovecot-common ...
Setting up apache-ssl (1.3.34-4.1) ...
Starting apache-ssl 1.3 web server... failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache-ssl, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing apache-ssl (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up dovecot-common (1.0.rc15-2) ...
You already have ssl certs for dovecot.

Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

nx5000 · 07-05-2007, 10:40 AM

Forget about dovecot, it is installed, as it says :

Quote:

Errors were encountered while processing:
apache-ssl

Now for apache, it says it fails to start and unfortunatly doesn't give any message why.. damned apache
try this:
/etc/init.d/apache-ssl start