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Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail

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On Mon 27 Aug 2018 at 12:38:42 (-0400), Luis Finotti wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm having trouble installing/removing sendmail in Debian Sid (well,
> aptosid -- http://www.aptosid.com -- actually).

Perhaps their forums might help.

> I tried to install and it failed: https://pastebin.com/Qu2jRqsn
> 
> 'apt -f install' did not fix it, nor did 'dpkg --configure -a'.
> 
> Since it was not essential (and did not install correctly), I tried to
> uninstall it, but it also fails:

[…]

> One notices in the failed install attempt (the pastebin link above):
> 
> --------------------------
> adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/sendmail' does not belong to
> the user you are currently creating.
> update-inetd: warning: cannot add service, /etc/inetd.conf does not exist
> --------------------------
> 
> I had:
> --------------------------
> # ls -ld /var/lib/sendmail
> drwx------ 2 smmta smmta 4096 Aug 22 15:06 /var/lib/sendmail/
> --------------------------
> 
> Changing ownership to root did not allow me to uninstall it.

What's the output from this attempt?

Cheers,
David.

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Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Luis Finotti <luis.finotti@gmail.com> - 2018-08-27 18:40 +0200
  Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-28 15:10 +0200
    Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Luis Finotti <luis.finotti@gmail.com> - 2018-08-28 15:20 +0200
      Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-28 15:50 +0200
        Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Luis Finotti <luis.finotti@gmail.com> - 2018-08-28 15:50 +0200
          Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-28 16:30 +0200
            Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Luis Finotti <luis.finotti@gmail.com> - 2018-08-28 16:50 +0200
              Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-08-29 13:00 +0200
                Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-08-29 13:50 +0200
          Re: Cannot Install/Uninstall sendmail Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-28 17:00 +0200

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