simply did sudo apt-get install imapproxy on latest ubuntu 8.10
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imapproxy
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Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe imapproxy 1.2.6-4 [59.0kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package imapproxy.
(Reading database ... 116488 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking imapproxy (from .../imapproxy_1.2.6-4_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up imapproxy (1.2.6-4) ...
Starting IMAP proxy: invoke-rc.d: initscript imapproxy, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing imapproxy (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
imapproxy
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
nils@blackbox:~$ uname -a
Linux blackbox 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nils@blackbox:~$
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: imapproxy 1.2.6-4
SourcePackage: up-imapproxy
Title: package imapproxy 1.2.6-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
I have also experienced this bug - the default installed configuration won't start with:
invoke-rc.d imapproxy start
which in turn causes the postinst script to bail out. It seems that the problem is the line:
server_hostname localhost
Since localhost likely is not an IMAP server. Maybe it would be good to provide an /etc/default file which prevents the proxy being launched by default until it is configured correctly.