Maildrop: unable to open mailbox

Hi again,
Just want to know, how would we know when the issue has been resolved so we can upgrade maildrop?

Regards

 

anyone know how I can make my server not update everynight to the broken version of maildrop...I have to apply the downgrade every morning now....????

 

Put the package on hold:

Code:

echo "maildrop hold"|dpkg --set-selections

To "unhold" the package:

Code:

echo "maildrop install"|dpkg --set-selections

 

Thanks, tried this and still did not work.

This is just crazy, I cannot see why it is updating every bloody night..

 

I tried to open /etc/cron.daily and it say error reading file

 

I guess /etc/cron.daily is a directory. What's the output of

Code:

cd /etc/cron.daily
ls -la

?

 

root@wci:~# cd /etc/cron.daily
root@wci:/etc/cron.daily# ls -la
total 88
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-09 06:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 4096 2010-02-06 06:31 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 199 2009-04-16 19:22 amavisd-new
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 633 2009-08-18 07:30 apache2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8686 2009-04-16 21:27 apt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 314 2009-02-10 05:45 aptitude
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 502 2008-11-04 13:43 bsdmainutils
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89 2009-01-26 10:55 logrotate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 954 2009-03-19 03:17 man-db
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 646 2008-11-04 13:37 mlocate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1154 2009-05-13 14:06 ntp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 2008-11-12 07:47 .placeholder
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2149 2008-11-17 01:52 popularity-contest
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 345 2008-11-05 14:42 quota
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 651 2008-10-01 04:41 rkhunter
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1142 2009-02-25 22:23 spamassassin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 330 2009-07-07 10:33 squirrelmail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3349 2008-11-12 07:47 standard
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1309 2009-01-23 10:33 sysklogd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1450 2008-11-12 05:30 webalizer

 

What's in /etc/cron.daily/apt and /etc/cron.daily/aptitude?

 

There surely is a problem ... just how to configure apt(itude) not to update maildrop Seems like it's un-holding it, and upgradeing it every day

/etc/cron.daily/aptitude is the guilty one

Just removed it until new maildrop pacakge comes out ... Still can do manual update ...

 

apt

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#

#set -e
#
# This file understands the following apt configuration variables:
#
#  "APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists=1"
#  - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
#    
#  "APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages=0",
#  - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
# 
#  "APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval"
#  - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
#
#  "APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade"
#  - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script 
#    every n-days (0=disabled)
#    Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
#    a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
# 
#  "APT::Archives::MaxAge",
#  - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache 
#    package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
#
#  "APT::Archives::MaxSize",
#  - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
#    is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
#    requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted 
#    first).
#
#  "APT::Archives::MinAge"
#  - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
#    will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races 
#    and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
# 

check_stamp()
{
    stamp="$1"
    interval="$2"

    if [ $interval -eq 0 ]; then
        return 1
    fi

    if [ ! -f $stamp ]; then
        return 0
    fi

    # compare midnight today to midnight the day the stamp was updated
    stamp_file="$stamp"
    stamp=$(date --date=$(date -r $stamp_file --iso-8601) +%s 2>/dev/null)
    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
        # Due to some timezones returning 'invalid date' for midnight on
        # certain dates (eg America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
        # remove the stamp file and return 0. See coreutils bug:
        # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-09/msg00176.html
        rm -f "$stamp_file"
        return 0
    fi

    now=$(date --date=$(date --iso-8601) +%s 2>/dev/null)
    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
        # As above, due to some timezones returning 'invalid date' for midnight
        # on certain dates (eg America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
        # return 0.
        return 0
    fi

    delta=$(($now-$stamp))

    # intervall is in days,
    interval=$(($interval*60*60*24))
    #echo "stampfile: $1"
    #echo "interval=$interval, now=$now, stamp=$stamp, delta=$delta"

    if [ $delta -ge $interval ]; then
        return 0
    fi

    return 1
}

update_stamp()
{
    stamp="$1"

    touch $stamp
}



# we check here if autoclean was enough sizewise
check_size_constraints()
{
    # min-age in days
    MaxAge=0
    MinAge=2
    MaxSize=0
    CacheDir="var/cache/apt"
    CacheArchive="archives/"
    eval $(apt-config shell MaxAge APT::Archives::MaxAge)
    eval $(apt-config shell MinAge APT::Archives::MinAge)
    eval $(apt-config shell MaxSize APT::Archives::MaxSize)
    eval $(apt-config shell Dir Dir)
    eval $(apt-config shell CacheDir Dir::Cache)
    eval $(apt-config shell CacheArchive Dir::Cache::archives)

    # sanity check
    if [ -z "$CacheDir" -o -z "$CacheArchive" ]; then
	echo "empty Dir::Cache or Dir::Cache::archives, exiting"
	exit
    fi
    
    Cache="${Dir%/}/${CacheDir%/}/${CacheArchive%/}/"

    # check age
    if [ ! $MaxAge -eq 0 ] && [ ! $MinAge -eq 0 ]; then
	find $Cache -name "*.deb"  \( -mtime +$MaxAge -and -ctime +$MaxAge \) -and -not \( -mtime -$MinAge -or -ctime -$MinAge \) -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f
    elif [ ! $MaxAge -eq 0 ]; then
	find $Cache -name "*.deb"  -ctime +$MaxAge -and -mtime +$MaxAge -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f
    fi
    
    # check size
    if [ ! $MaxSize -eq 0 ]; then
	# maxSize is in MB
	MaxSize=$(($MaxSize*1024))

	#get current time
	now=$(date --date=$(date --iso-8601) +%s)
	MinAge=$(($MinAge*24*60*60))

	# reverse-sort by mtime
	for file in $(ls -rt $Cache/*.deb 2>/dev/null); do 
	    du=$(du -s $Cache)
	    size=${du%%/*}
	    # check if the cache is small enough
	    if [ $size -lt $MaxSize ]; then
		break
	    fi

	    # check for MinAge of the file
	    if [ ! $MinAge -eq 0 ]; then 
		# check both ctime and mtime 
		mtime=$(stat -c %Y $file)
		ctime=$(stat -c %Z $file)
		if [ $mtime -gt $ctime ]; then
		    delta=$(($now-$mtime))
		else
		    delta=$(($now-$ctime))
		fi
		#echo "$file ($delta), $MinAge"
		if [ $delta -le $MinAge ]; then
		    #echo "Skiping $file (delta=$delta)"
		    break
		fi
	    fi

	    # delete oldest file
	    rm -f $file
	done
    fi
}

# sleep for a random interval of time (default 30min)
# (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
random_sleep()
{
    RandomSleep=1800
    eval $(apt-config shell RandomSleep APT::Periodic::RandomSleep)
    if [ $RandomSleep -eq 0 ]; then
	return
    fi
    if [ -z "$RANDOM" ] ; then
        # A fix for shells that do not have this bash feature.
	RANDOM=$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -c"1-5")
    fi
    TIME=$(($RANDOM % $RandomSleep))
    sleep $TIME
}

# main

if ! which apt-config >/dev/null; then
	exit 0
fi

UpdateInterval=0
DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0
eval $(apt-config shell UpdateInterval APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists DownloadUpgradeableInterval APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages)
AutocleanInterval=$DownloadUpgradeableInterval
eval $(apt-config shell AutocleanInterval APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval)
UnattendedUpgradeInterval=0
eval $(apt-config shell UnattendedUpgradeInterval APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade)

# check if we actually have to do anything
if [ $UpdateInterval -eq 0 ] &&
   [ $DownloadUpgradeableInterval -eq 0 ] &&
   [ $UnattendedUpgradeInterval -eq 0 ] &&
   [ $AutocleanInterval -eq 0 ]; then
    exit 0
fi

# laptop check, on_ac_power returns:
#       0 (true)    System is on mains power
#       1 (false)   System is not on mains power
#       255 (false) Power status could not be determined
# Desktop systems always return 255 it seems
if which on_ac_power >/dev/null; then
    on_ac_power
    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
	exit 0
    fi
fi

# sleep random amount of time to avoid hitting the 
# mirrors at the same time
random_sleep

# check if we can access the cache
if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
    # wait random amount of time before retrying
    random_sleep
    # check again
    if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
       echo "$0: could not lock the APT cache while performing daily cron job. "
       echo "Is another package manager working?"
       exit 1
    fi
fi

# set the proxy based on the admin users gconf settings
admin_user=$(getent group admin|cut -d: -f4|cut -d, -f1)
if [ -n "$admin_user" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ] && [ -z "$http_proxy" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/gconftool ]; then
	use=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy 2>/dev/null)
	host=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/host 2>/dev/null)
	port=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/port 2>/dev/null)
	if [ "$use" = "true" ] && [ -n "$host" ] && [ -n "$port" ]; then
		export http_proxy="http://$host:$port/"
	fi
fi

UPDATE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp
if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then
    # check for a new archive signing key (against the master keyring)
    apt-key net-update
    # now run the update
    if apt-get -qq update -o APT::Update::Auth-Failure::="cp /usr/share/apt/apt-auth-failure.note /var/lib/update-notifier/user.d/" 2>/dev/null; then 
	# Could possible test access to '/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket' has well,
	# but I'm not sure how stable the internal pipe location is defined as
	# being;  so for the moment just 2>/dev/null . --sladen 2007-09-27
	if which dbus-send >/dev/null; then
	    dbus-send --system / app.apt.dbus.updated boolean:true 2>/dev/null || true
	fi
	# now run apt-xapian-index if it is installed to ensure the index
	# is up-to-date
	if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index ]; then
	    ionice -c3 update-apt-xapian-index -q
	fi
        update_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP
    fi
fi

DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/download-upgradeable-stamp
if check_stamp $DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP $DownloadUpgradeableInterval; then
    apt-get -qq -d dist-upgrade 2>/dev/null
    update_stamp $DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP
fi

UPGRADE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/upgrade-stamp
if check_stamp $UPGRADE_STAMP $UnattendedUpgradeInterval; then
    unattended-upgrade
    update_stamp $UPGRADE_STAMP
fi

AUTOCLEAN_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/autoclean-stamp
if check_stamp $AUTOCLEAN_STAMP $AutocleanInterval; then
    apt-get -qq autoclean
    update_stamp $AUTOCLEAN_STAMP
fi

# check cache size 
check_size_constraints

aptitude

Code:

#!/bin/sh

bak=/var/backups

# Shamelessly ripped from /etc/cron.daily/standard
if test -f /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates && cd $bak ; then
	if ! cmp -s aptitude.pkgstates.0 /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates ; then
		cp -p /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates aptitude.pkgstates
		savelog -c 7 aptitude.pkgstates > /dev/null
	fi
fi

 

Hi, I moved /etc/cron.daily/aptitude to another folder and maildrop is still getting updating every day. Is there a service that needs to be restarted after removing the /etc/cron.daily/aptitude ?

thx

--
Dan

 

This is becoming a pain in the ass. If I forget to run the downgrade everyday, my client calls bitching....man there has got to be a way to stop this. Anyone know how I could put a script to run every morning that would run the downgrade?

 

I have this same problem on Ubuntu 9.04. I hid the maildrop package upgrade for now, but it would be nice if it worked.

Also, I hope this won't prevent me from upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 at some point.

 

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04.

echo "maildrop hold"|dpkg --set-selections
works great.

What are you ppl running? Strange that it works for me.

 

Yes, it does, but I will have to upgrade either maildrop or to Ubuntu 9.10 at some point, and I'd like to know that that's possible eventually.

 

Yes but that is a later problem.

 

Hence my post

 

People in this thread cant put the packade on hold. Im interested in what they are running.