Package: inn2 Version: 2.4.2-2 Severity: grave inn2 fails to upgrade if pathdb in inn.conf is not /var/lib/news.
| Preparing to replace inn2 2.4.2-1 (using .../archives/inn2_2.4.2-2_i386.deb)
...
| Stopping news server: done.
| Unpacking replacement inn2 ...
| Setting up inn2 (2.4.2-2) ...
| Installing new version of config file /etc/news/buffindexed.conf ...
| Installing new version of config file /etc/news/radius.conf ...
| Installing initial content for /var/lib/news/active
| Installing initial content for /var/lib/news/newsgroups
| Building history database in /var/lib/news... chown: cannot access
`history*': No such file or directory
| dpkg: error processing inn2 (--configure):
| subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
| Errors were encountered while processing:
| inn2
| E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
| # grep path /etc/news/inn.conf
| pathhost: XXXXXXX
| pathnews: /usr/lib/news
| #pathalias:
| patharchive: /srv/news/archive
| patharticles: /srv/news/articles
| pathbin: /usr/lib/news/bin
| pathcontrol: /usr/lib/news/bin/control
| pathdb: /srv/news/db
| pathetc: /etc/news
| pathfilter: /etc/news/filter
| pathhttp: /var/log/news
| pathincoming: /srv/news/incoming
| pathlog: /var/log/news
| pathoutgoing: /srv/news/outgoing
| pathoverview: /srv/news/overview
| pathrun: /var/run/news
| pathspool: /srv/news
| pathtmp: /srv/news/incoming/tmp
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