I see what appears to be the same error in a fresh Feisty chroot with 2.3.6-1. Also, if I then try to remove the package I get similar issues in the pre-removal script:
# apt-get install postfix Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done postfix is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up postfix (2.3.6-1) ... Postfix configuration was not changed. If you need to make changes, edit /etc/postfix/main.cf (and others) as needed. To view Postfix configuration values, see postconf(1). After modifying main.cf, be sure to run '/etc/init.d/postfix reload'. Running newaliases invoke-rc.d: initscript postfix, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing postfix (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postfix E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/postfix/postfix-2.3.6/debian# man dpkg Reformatting dpkg(1), please wait... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/postfix/postfix-2.3.6/debian# dpkg -r postfix (Reading database ... 16120 files and directories currently installed.) Removing postfix ... dpkg: error processing postfix (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postfix -- Postfix does not complete install, and will not run https://launchpad.net/bugs/64609 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs