I found hints why this failed -- at least for me -- and this was the workaround:
chown -R sympa:sympa /var/spool/sympa chown -R sympa:sympa /var/lib/sympa regards Dirk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990213 Title: package sympa 6.1.7~dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sympa/+bug/990213/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs