Dear Kees! I changed the mirror from ftp.at.debian.org to ftp.us.debian.org did a sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get -f install which removed the packages bsd-mailx mailx postfix postfix-policyd-spf-python ssl-cert
Then, I tried to install postfix again, and still, at the very same position I get a broken pipe: dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) As I get the error always at the same stage, and even at the same substage (one specific file in the openssl-blacklist-package), I would presume it is not hardware-related, because that would probably lead to random errors. Everything else works and installs nicely. Is there anything more in a logfile or elsewhere that can point to the problem? There is nothing more in /var/log/apt/term.log or in /var/log/dpkg.log I tried a 10 minute CPU-stress test which completed ok, I tried an overnight memory-test from a linux boot CD which completed ok. is there anything more that I can try? ============= su...@freedom:~$ sudo apt-get install postfix Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: openssl-blacklist ssl-cert Suggested packages: procmail postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre libsasl2-modules resolvconf postfix-cdb mail-reader ufw The following NEW packages will be installed: openssl-blacklist postfix ssl-cert 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 7652kB of archives. After this operation, 15.9MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main openssl-blacklist 0.4.2 [6338kB] Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main ssl-cert 1.0.23 [13.1kB] Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main postfix 2.5.5-1.1 [1301kB] Fetched 7652kB in 16s (469kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 19549 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking openssl-blacklist (from .../openssl-blacklist_0.4.2_all.deb) ... dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openssl-blacklist_0.4.2_all.deb (--unpack): short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/openssl-blacklist/blacklist.RSA-1024') Selecting previously deselected package ssl-cert. Unpacking ssl-cert (from .../ssl-cert_1.0.23_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package postfix. Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.5.5-1.1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/openssl-blacklist_0.4.2_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) su...@freedom:~$ -- The majestic equality of the laws [makes no distinction between rich and poor]; both are equally forbidden to sleep under the bridges [...]. Jacques Thibault, Le Lys Rouge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
