Package: postfix Version: 3.9.1-5 Severity: grave After upgrading from 3.9.1-4, the postfix instance failed to start. Here are hopefully relevant excerpts from the journal:
,---- | Dez 13 16:05:07 turtle postmulti[11589]: cp: not writing through dangling symlink '/var/spool/postfix/etc/ssl/certs/1d3472b9.0' | Dez 13 16:05:07 turtle postmulti[11589]: cp: not writing through dangling symlink '/var/spool/postfix/etc/ssl/certs/fc5a8f99.0' | [… dozens of similar messages omitted] | Dez 13 16:05:07 turtle postfix/postfix-script[11590]: fatal: Postfix instance configuration script failed! | [… more cp messages] | Dez 13 16:05:07 turtle postmulti[11590]: postfix/postlog: fatal: Postfix instance configuration script failed! | Dez 13 16:05:08 turtle systemd[1]: postfix@-.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE | Dez 13 16:05:08 turtle systemd[1]: postfix@-.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. | Dez 13 16:05:08 turtle systemd[1]: Failed to start postfix@-.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent (instance -). `---- I have downgraded to 3.9.1-4 so that I could send this mail. -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.1.119-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages postfix depends on: ii adduser 3.137 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.87 ii init-system-helpers 1.67 ii libc6 2.40-4 ii libdb5.3t64 5.3.28+dfsg2-9 ii libicu72 72.1-5+b1 ii libnsl2 1.3.0-3+b3 ii libsasl2-2 2.1.28+dfsg1-8 ii libssl3t64 3.3.2-2 ii netbase 6.4 Versions of packages postfix recommends: ii ca-certificates 20240203 ii python3 3.12.7-1 ii ssl-cert 1.1.3 Versions of packages postfix suggests: ii bsd-mailx [mail-reader] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1 ii emacs-gtk [mail-reader] 1:29.4+1-4 ii emacs-snapshot [mail-reader] 1:20241204-1 ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.28+dfsg1-8 ii mailutils [mail-reader] 1:3.17-2+b2 ii mutt [mail-reader] 2.2.13-1 pn postfix-cdb <none> ii postfix-doc 3.9.1-5 pn postfix-ldap <none> pn postfix-lmdb <none> pn postfix-mongodb <none> pn postfix-mta-sts-resolver <none> pn postfix-mysql <none> pn postfix-pcre <none> pn postfix-pgsql <none> ii postfix-sqlite 3.9.1-5 ii procmail 3.24+really3.22-4 pn resolvconf <none> ii s-nail [mail-reader] 14.9.25-1 ii thunderbird [mail-reader] 1:102.15.1-1~deb12u1 pn ufw <none> -- debconf information: * postfix/destinations: turtle.local, turtle, localhost.localdomain, localhost * postfix/root_address: sven * postfix/dynamicmaps_conversion_warning: true * postfix/mailbox_limit: 0 * postfix/mailname: localhost.localdomain postfix/newaliases: false * postfix/procmail: false postfix/main_cf_conversion_warning: true * postfix/compat_conversion_warning: true postfix/relay_restrictions_warning: postfix/not_configured: * postfix/chattr: false postfix/mydomain_warning: * postfix/lmtp_retired_warning: true postfix/bad_recipient_delimiter: * postfix/mynetworks: 127.0.0.0/8 * postfix/protocols: all postfix/kernel_version_warning: postfix/rfc1035_violation: false * postfix/relayhost: mail.gmx.net * postfix/recipient_delim: + postfix/retry_upgrade_warning: * postfix/sqlite_warning: true postfix/tlsmgr_upgrade_warning: * postfix/main_mailer_type: Internet with smarthost