[GF-Users] Postfix upgrade

Peter peter at pajamian.dhs.org
Mon Jun 2 18:44:13 MST 2025


Thanks for the report, it's the first time I've heard of this issue. 
I'll look into it.


Peter


On 3/06/25 03:39, Luca vom Bruch wrote:
> Other way round, I think the problem was that the config had:
> 
> shlib_directory = /usr/lib64/postfix
> 
> but in the newer package it is
> 
> /usr/lib/postfix
> 
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> <users-bounces at lists.ghettoforge.org> Im Auftrag von Luca vom Bruch
> Gesendet: Montag, 2. Juni 2025 17:08
> An: 'GhettoForge Users mailing list' <users at lists.ghettoforge.org>
> Betreff: Re: [GF-Users] Postfix upgrade
> 
> I got this after the upgrade:
> 
> postfix[863514]: /usr/libexec/postfix/postfix-script: line 78: cd:
> /usr/lib64/postfix: No such file or directory
> postfix[863515]: postfix/postlog: fatal: no Postfix shared-library directory
> /usr/lib64/postfix!
> postfix/postfix-script[863515]: fatal: no Postfix shared-library directory
> /usr/lib64/postfix!
> systemd[1]: postfix.service: Control process exited, code=exited,
> status=1/FAILURE
> 
> I copied the contents of /usr/lib/postfix to /usr/lib64/postfix and now it
> starts
> 
> I am unsure, why did /usr/lib64 not have a postfix folder?
> 
> Can I fix it more elegantly with symlink? What would be the correct symlink
> command?
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: users-bounces at lists.ghettoforge.org
> <users-bounces at lists.ghettoforge.org> Im Auftrag von Peter
> Gesendet: Montag, 2. Juni 2025 06:52
> An: users at lists.ghettoforge.org
> Betreff: Re: [GF-Users] Postfix upgrade
> 
> On 2/06/25 10:23, Luca vom Bruch wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> Alma 9.6 comes with postfix 3.5.x
>>
>> I would like to upgrade to 3.10.x
>>
>> I found this repo.
>>
>> What is the correct procedure to upgrade the mail server?
> 
> Please see http://ghettoforge.org/index.php/Postfix3
> 
>> Do I need to remove the stock system package for postfix first?
> 
> You can or you can replace the packages using dnf shell as per the
> instructions above.
> 
>> Can I upgrade it and keep the config files in place?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> If I run this command:
>>
>> dnf --nogpg install
>> https://mirror.ghettoforge.org/distributions/gf/gf-
>> release-latest.gf.el9.noarch.rpm <https://mirror.ghettoforge.org/
>> distributions/gf/gf-release-latest.gf.el9.noarch.rpm>
>>
>> can postfix just be upgraded with dnf update?
> 
> No, you need to use the instructions in the linked page above.
> 
> 
> Peter
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