Package: postfix
Version: 3.1.0-5+b1
Severity: important
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Testing multi-instance configuration postfix on sid.
Fresh installation (of sid and of postfix).
root@sid1:~# postmulti -e init
root@sid1:~# postmulti -I postfix-example -G mta -e create
postfix/postmulti-script: fatal: Missing main.cf prototype:
/etc/postfix/main.cf.proto
root@sid1:~# dpkg-query -l postfix
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
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ii postfix 3.1.0-5+b1 amd64 High-performance mail transport agent
main.cf.proto and master.cf.proto need to exist in the metadirectory.
>From the postmulti manpage (http://www.postfix.org/postmulti.1.html):
FILES
$meta_directory/main.cf.proto, stock configuration file
$meta_directory/master.cf.proto, stock configuration file
I can work around by hand creating, but should really be created as part of
installation, IMO, so this all works out of the box.
Originally opened in Ubuntu. LP: #1595096
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-10-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages postfix depends on:
ii adduser 3.115
ii cpio 2.11+dfsg-5
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59
ii dpkg 1.18.10
ii init-system-helpers 1.45
ii libc6 2.24-3
ii libdb5.3 5.3.28-12
ii libicu57 57.1-4
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.26.dfsg1-15
ii libsqlite3-0 3.14.2-1
ii libssl1.0.2 1.0.2h-1
ii lsb-base 9.20160629
ii netbase 5.3
ii ssl-cert 1.0.38
Versions of packages postfix recommends:
ii python3 3.5.1-4
Versions of packages postfix suggests:
pn dovecot-common <none>
ii emacs24 [mail-reader] 24.5+1-7
ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.26.dfsg1-15
pn postfix-cdb <none>
pn postfix-doc <none>
pn postfix-ldap <none>
pn postfix-mysql <none>
pn postfix-pcre <none>
pn postfix-pgsql <none>
pn procmail <none>
pn resolvconf <none>
pn sasl2-bin <none>
pn ufw <none>
-- debconf information:
postfix/tlsmgr_upgrade_warning:
postfix/sqlite_warning:
* postfix/mailname: sid1
postfix/retry_upgrade_warning:
postfix/kernel_version_warning:
postfix/mydomain_warning:
postfix/mynetworks: 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
postfix/bad_recipient_delimiter:
postfix/protocols: all
postfix/root_address:
postfix/not_configured:
* postfix/main_mailer_type: Internet Site
postfix/destinations: $myhostname, sid1, localhost.localdomain, , localhost
postfix/procmail: false
postfix/main_cf_conversion_warning: true
postfix/compat_conversion_warning: true
postfix/rfc1035_violation: false
postfix/mailbox_limit: 0
postfix/relay_restrictions_warning:
postfix/recipient_delim: +
postfix/relayhost:
postfix/dynamicmaps_conversion_warning:
postfix/chattr: false
