45142 – postfix upgrade removes "hold" directory

Bug 45142 - postfix upgrade removes "hold" directory

Summary: postfix upgrade removes "hold" directory

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Max Kalika (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-03-19 11:06 UTC by Norberto Bensa
Modified:	2004-03-22 13:34 UTC (History)
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Description Norberto Bensa 2004-03-19 11:06:07 UTC

Well, I've been having this problem since ages. Everytime I upgrade postfix, /var/spool/postfix/hold is removed and postfix doesn't start anymore. I need to mkdir the directory manually. 

I've took a look to /etc/postfix/post-install, but it seems that it doesn't create "hold" on its own.

I've tried "touch /var/spool/postfix/hold/.keep" but then postfix complains about a "bogus file name: hold/.keep"

Am I the only one having this problem?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge postfix
Actual Results:  
/var/spool/postfix/hold removed, postfix doesn't start. 

Expected Results:  
keep /var/spool/postfix/hold. Postfix happy :-)

Comment 1 Norberto Bensa 2004-03-19 11:09:54 UTC

Oh... There was a fix but only for postfix 1.x. I'm using 2.0.19-r2.

*postfix-1.1.11.20020917 (19 Sep 2002)

  23 Sep 2002; Nick Hadaway <raker@gentoo.org>
  postfix-1.1.11.20020917.ebuild :
  Added /var/spool/postfix/hold directory to install.  This seems to fix
  some postfix start problems.

Comment 2 Max Kalika (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-22 13:34:59 UTC

Fixed in versions 2.0.19, -r1 and -r2. To be sure this doesn't happen on next upgrade, re-emerge postfix now.