apt-get dist-upgrade This error usually (after upgrade) indicates that reboot is in order. After deleting the .pid (rm /var/run/spamd.pid) file and reboot I could rerun the apt-get dist-upgrade without problems.
1.- The same problem after: # apt-get upgrade 2.- If necessary: # ps aux | grep spamd root 1087 0.0 0.5 107496 45128 ? Ss Apr03 3:01 /usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --max-children 5 --helper-home-dir -d --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid # kill -9 1087 # apt-get install spamassassin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done spamassassin is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up spamassassin (3.2.5-2+lenny3) ... Starting SpamAssassin Mail Filter Daemon: spamd. Greetings!
