[Bug 1305232] [NEW] Postfix fails to start, "failure to copy certificates"

[Matthias Andree]

Public bug reported:

Postfix frequently fails to start after security updates to the ca-
certificates package because upgrading the latter sometimes leaves
dangling symlinks behind. If that happens, the /etc/init.d/postfix
script aborts.

                    # handle files in subdirectories
                    (cd "$ca_path" && find . -name '*.pem' -print0 | cpio -0pdL --quiet "$dest_dir") 2>/dev/null || 
                        (log_failure_msg failure copying certificates; exit 1)

The usual fix on a high level is "dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high ca-
certificates"; however, I would propose to change the find command as
follows:

                    # handle files in subdirectories
                    (cd "$ca_path" && find . -name '*.pem' -not -xtype l -print0 | cpio -0pdL --quiet "$dest_dir") 2>/dev/null || 
                        (log_failure_msg failure copying certificates; exit 1)

This would then skip printing broken symbolic links, and prevent cpio
from choking on them.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: postfix 2.9.6-1~12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33~precise1-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr  9 20:20:17 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: postfix
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-11-01 (523 days ago)

** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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