Comment 2 for bug 108754

I experience the same problem.

In /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log, I see:
2007-10-25 22:23:00,564 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'ssmtp': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
'
2007-10-25 22:23:00,656 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'ssmtp': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

In /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log, I see:
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
failed in listen(): Invalid argument

In /var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log.gz, I see:
export: 44: #: bad variable name
ssmtp malsukcesis antaŭagordi, kun elira stato 2
...snip...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ssmtp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
failed in listen(): Invalid argument
    self.run_crash(f)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/ui.py", line 179, in run_crash
    self.collect_info()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/ui.py", line 348, in collect_info
    icthread.exc_raise()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/REThread.py", line 37, in run
    self._retval = self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/ui.py", line 31, in thread_collect_info
    report.add_gdb_info()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport/report.py", line 405, in add_gdb_info
    self['CoreDump'].write(open(core, 'w'))
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/problem_report.py", line 54, in write
    block = gz.read(1048576)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gzip.py", line 227, in read
    self._read(readsize)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gzip.py", line 263, in _read
    self._read_gzip_header()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gzip.py", line 164, in _read_gzip_header
    raise IOError, 'Not a gzipped file'
IOError: Not a gzipped file
gutsy: Fatal IO error 9 (Bad file descriptor) on X server :0.0.
Setting up ssmtp (2.61-12ubuntu1) ...
export: 44: #: bad variable name
dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

I will attach the complete log files from /var/log/dist-upgrade/*