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package ssmtp 2.64-5build1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #991207 reported by Gianluca Crema on 2012-04-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #108754: ssmtp installation error on upgrade : export: 44: #: bad variable name. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ssmtp (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

ssmtp

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ssmtp 2.64-5build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 29 18:22:47 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: ssmtp
Title: package ssmtp 2.64-5build1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (0 days ago)

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Gianluca Crema (gianluca-crema-0) wrote on 2012-04-29:

Dependencies.txt Edit (613 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (7.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (70.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (23.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (764 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (15.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (75.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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era (era) wrote on 2012-06-14:

> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ssmtp.config: 11: export: #: bad variable name
> dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 108754, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.