Bug#993164: proftpd-core: When upgrading from Buster to Bullseyes, the installation of ProFTPd fails

[Andreas Günther]

Hi Hilmar,
here I have the output from systemctl status proftpd.service:
proftpd.service - ProFTPD FTP Server
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/proftpd.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: enabled)
      Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-08-28 10:16:33 
CEST; 6h ago
     Process: 37982 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/proftpd --configtest -c 
$CONFIG_FILE (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
         CPU: 6ms

Aug 28 10:16:33 web systemd[1]: Starting ProFTPD FTP Server...
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: Checking syntax of configuration file
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: 2021-08-28 10:16:33,852 web 
proftpd[37982]: mod_dso/0.5: unable to load 'mod_tls.c'; check to see if 
'/usr/lib/proftpd/mod_tls.la' exists
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: 2021-08-28 10:16:33,852 web 
proftpd[37982]: fatal: LoadModule: error loading module 'mod_tls.c': 
Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden on line 16 o>
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: 2021-08-28 10:16:33,852 web 
proftpd[37982]: warning: unable to include '/etc/proftpd/modules.conf': 
Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: 2021-08-28 10:16:33,853 web 
proftpd[37982]: mod_dso/0.5: unable to load 'mod_wrap.c'; check to see 
if '/usr/lib/proftpd/mod_wrap.la' exists
Aug 28 10:16:33 web proftpd[37982]: 2021-08-28 10:16:33,853 web 
proftpd[37982]: fatal: LoadModule: error loading module 'mod_wrap.c': 
Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden on line 8 o>
Aug 28 10:16:33 web systemd[1]: proftpd.service: Control process exited, 
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 28 10:16:33 web systemd[1]: proftpd.service: Failed with result 
'exit-code'.
Aug 28 10:16:33 web systemd[1]: Failed to start ProFTPD FTP Server.

journalctl -xe:
Aug 28 16:39:39 web systemd[1]: Starting ProFTPD FTP Server...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit proftpd.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit proftpd.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 7345.
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: Checking syntax of configuration file
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: 2021-08-28 16:39:39,074 web 
proftpd[39780]: mod_dso/0.5: unable to load 'mod_tls.c'; check to see if 
'/usr/lib/proftpd/mod_tls.la' exists
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: 2021-08-28 16:39:39,075 web 
proftpd[39780]: fatal: LoadModule: error loading module 'mod_tls.c': 
Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden on line 16 o>
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: 2021-08-28 16:39:39,075 web 
proftpd[39780]: warning: unable to include '/etc/proftpd/modules.conf': 
Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: 2021-08-28 16:39:39,075 web 
proftpd[39780]: mod_dso/0.5: unable to load 'mod_wrap.c'; check to see 
if '/usr/lib/proftpd/mod_wrap.la' exists
Aug 28 16:39:39 web proftpd[39780]: 2021-08-28 16:39:39,075 web 
proftpd[39780]: fatal: LoadModule: error loading module 'mod_wrap.c': 
Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden on line 8 o>
Aug 28 16:39:39 web systemd[1]: proftpd.service: Control process exited, 
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ An ExecStartPre= process belonging to unit proftpd.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.

cat  /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log:
2021-08-25 15:43:53,294 web proftpd[9433] web.germany.com 
(45.146.166.237[45.146.166.237]): client sent SSH2 command 
'SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.9.0', disconnecting
2021-08-27 09:35:16,468 web proftpd[22758] web.germany.com: ProFTPD 
killed (signal 15)
2021-08-27 09:35:16,519 web proftpd[22758] web.germany.com: ProFTPD 
1.3.6 standalone mode SHUTDOWN

Best regards
Andreas

On 28.08.21 10:37, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
> Am 28.08.2021 um 10:20 teilte Andreas Guenther mit:
>
> Hi,
>
> Although I do speak German I prefer English error messages. ;-)
>
> Could you provide the output of "systemctl status proftpd.service" and 
> "journalctl -xe" and the /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log?
>
> Thanks!
>
>>     This error occurred for the first time when upgrading the system 
>> from Buster to Bullseye:
>>     dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes proftpd-mod-crypto 
>> (--configure):
>>     Abhängigkeitsprobleme - verbleibt unkonfiguriert
>>     dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von 
>> proftpd-mod-wrap:
>>     proftpd-mod-wrap hängt ab von proftpd-core (= 1.3.7a+dfsg-12); aber:
>>     Paket proftpd-core ist noch nicht konfiguriert.
>>     .
>>     .
>>     Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
>>      proftpd-core
>>      proftpd-mod-crypto
>>      proftpd-mod-wrap
>>      proftpd-basic
>>
>>     Then I deleted all the packages involved and tried to reinstall 
>> them with the same result:
>>      dpkg --remove proftpd-basic proftpd-core proftpd-mod-crypto 
>> proftpd-mod-wrap
>>      apt install proftpd-core proftpd-basic proftpd-mod-crypto 
>> proftpd-mod-wrap
>>         After deleting all packages again, I only installed 
>> proftpd-core:
>>      apt install proftpd-core
>>
>>     See "systemctl status proftpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for 
>> details.
>>     dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes proftpd-core (--configure):
>>       »installiertes proftpd-core-Skript des Paketes 
>> post-installation«-Unterprozess gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
>>     Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
>>     proftpd-core
>>         The package obviously cannot be installed due to the 
>> proftpd-core script.
>>         My expectation of you would be to make ProFTPd installable.
>>
>
>

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