smtpguard problems

[Miguel]

Hi Stefan,

when I open Synaptic Package Manager it tells me that "I have a broken 
package", referring to smtpguard. When I try to delete it, the program 
returns this: "E: smtpguard: subprocess pre-removal script returned 
error exit status 1". Looking at the details, I read the next:


<<...Removing smtpguar...
Stopping smtpguard: invoke-rc. d: initscript smtpguard, action "stop" 
failed.
dpkg: error processing smtpguard (--remove):
  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
update-re.d: warning: /etc/init.d/smtpguard missing LSB information
update-re.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Starting smtpguard: smtpguard-daemon.
Errors were encountered while processing:
  smtpguard
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned and error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:>>


I installed Kubuntu 9.04 by upgrading 8.10. It is since then I have this 
problem.

I visited 
"https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smtpguard/+bugs" and I 
would say my problem is the bug 353984. Because of this bug I can't 
install many other programs and I guess it is also the reason I can't 
install the upgrades.

I also tried to install the upstream from 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flexguard/, but it is impossible because 
of the same problem with smtpguard.

I hope this information can help. Thanks again.

Miguel

Stefan Lesicnik wrote:
>> Hi Miguel,
>>
>> You didn't actually tell us what the problem is. I see there are 3
>> open bugs for smtpguard.
>>
>> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smtpguard
>>
>> The best thing would be to see if one of those bugs is the same issue
>> as you have and confirm it. If its a new bug, please log it on
>> launchpad by clicking the red - 'Report a bug'.
>>
>>     
>
> Actually, in addition to this - smtpguard was removed from Debian with
> the following reason [1].
>
> * Package is orphaned.
> * Can't find an upstream source.
> * Alternatives exist (i.e. qpsmtpd, sa-exim, spampd).
>
> [1] - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=509396
>
> Based on the above, Ubuntu will probably follow and remove the package also.
>
> I did find http://sourceforge.net/projects/flexguard/ as an upstream.
> Last commit there as April 2006.
>
> Stefan
> .
>
>   


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