Error when updating using apt.

[Stan Hammond]

Recently I have been getting an error when I try to update the Proxmox Mail Gateway:
Setting up pmg-api (5.1-2) ...
setuid postgres (110) failed - Inappropriate ioctl for device
dpkg: error processing package pmg-api (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 25
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-mailgateway:
proxmox-mailgateway depends on pmg-api; however:
Package pmg-api is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-mailgateway (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
pmg-api
proxmox-mailgateway
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The system is running, but I would like to find out why the pmg-api package is not updating or why it is trying to do a setuid for postgres.
This installation was done by adding the repository for Proxmox Mail Gateway to a Debian Stretch installation.
Postgresql version is 9.6.
Prior to the updating, I have been running Proxmox Mail Gateway 5.0 without any issues.

 

[tom]

pls post the full log, including the command you run.

what do you get with:

> apt-get update

 

[liszca]

Oh looks like I may got the same error, can I hijack this threat?

 

[liszca]

Meine Fehlermeldung, hier steht etwas von hostname lookup, deshalb mal die FQDN des Servers:

 # hostname -f
mail.der-space.de

 # hostname
mail

ing up libpve-apiclient-perl (3.0-3) ...
Setting up proxmox-spamassassin (3.4.4-2) ...
Setting up libxml-parser-perl (2.44-4) ...
Setting up libxml-twig-perl (1:3.50-1.1) ...
Setting up libnet-dbus-perl (1.1.0-5+b1) ...
Setting up libpve-common-perl (6.2-2) ...
Setting up libpve-http-server-perl (3.0-6) ...
Setting up pve-xtermjs (4.3.0-1) ...
Setting up pmg-api (6.2-5) ...

Configuration file '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pmg-enterprise.list'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** pmg-enterprise.list (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? n
Use of uninitialized value $ip in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Network.pm line 639.
hostname lookup 'pmg' failed - got local IP address ''
dpkg: error processing package pmg-api (--configure):
 installed pmg-api package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 22
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-mailgateway-container:
 proxmox-mailgateway-container depends on pmg-api; however:
  Package pmg-api is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-mailgateway-container (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pmg-api
 proxmox-mailgateway-container
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 100 pmg.der-space.prod:/root
 # dpkg-reconfigure pmg-
pmg-docs         pmg-gui          pmg-i18n         pmg-log-tracker 

 # apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up pmg-api (6.2-5) ...
Use of uninitialized value $ip in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Network.pm line 639.
hostname lookup 'pmg' failed - got local IP address ''
dpkg: error processing package pmg-api (--configure):
 installed pmg-api package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 22
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-mailgateway-container:
 proxmox-mailgateway-container depends on pmg-api; however:
  Package pmg-api is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-mailgateway-container (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pmg-api
 proxmox-mailgateway-container
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 

[oguz]

Meine Fehlermeldung, hier steht etwas von hostname lookup, deshalb mal die FQDN des Servers:

# hostname -f
mail.der-space.de

# hostname
mail

ing up libpve-apiclient-perl (3.0-3) ...
Setting up proxmox-spamassassin (3.4.4-2) ...
Setting up libxml-parser-perl (2.44-4) ...
Setting up libxml-twig-perl (1:3.50-1.1) ...
Setting up libnet-dbus-perl (1.1.0-5+b1) ...
Setting up libpve-common-perl (6.2-2) ...
Setting up libpve-http-server-perl (3.0-6) ...
Setting up pve-xtermjs (4.3.0-1) ...
Setting up pmg-api (6.2-5) ...

Configuration file '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pmg-enterprise.list'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** pmg-enterprise.list (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? n
Use of uninitialized value $ip in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Network.pm line 639.
hostname lookup 'pmg' failed - got local IP address ''
dpkg: error processing package pmg-api (--configure):
installed pmg-api package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 22
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-mailgateway-container:
proxmox-mailgateway-container depends on pmg-api; however:
  Package pmg-api is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-mailgateway-container (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
pmg-api
proxmox-mailgateway-container
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

100 pmg.der-space.prod:/root
# dpkg-reconfigure pmg-
pmg-docs         pmg-gui          pmg-i18n         pmg-log-tracker

# apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up pmg-api (6.2-5) ...
Use of uninitialized value $ip in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/Network.pm line 639.
hostname lookup 'pmg' failed - got local IP address ''
dpkg: error processing package pmg-api (--configure):
installed pmg-api package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 22
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-mailgateway-container:
proxmox-mailgateway-container depends on pmg-api; however:
  Package pmg-api is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-mailgateway-container (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
pmg-api
proxmox-mailgateway-container
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

what is your /etc/hosts file content?

 

[liszca]

what is your /etc/hosts file content?

127.0.0.1    localhost
::1        localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1        ip6-allnodes
ff02::2        ip6-allrouters
# --- BEGIN PVE ---
127.0.1.1 mail.der-space.de mail
# --- END PVE ---

 

[liszca]

Oh thanks for the hint, here is something missing, put the ip and FQDN and run apt install proxmox-mailgateway-container again

 

[oguz]

glad it worked