#1141168 postfix: Autopkgtests fail: Permission denied: '/var/tmp/secret.link' -> '/var/mail/txmnblem'

Package:
postfix
Source:
postfix
Description:
High-performance mail transport agent
Submitter:
Andrey Rakhmatullin
Date:
2026-06-30 18:35:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1141168#5
Date:
2026-06-30 18:18:36 UTC
From:
To:
https://ci.debian.net/packages/p/postfix/testing/amd64/72678864/ and confirmed
locally:

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ERROR: test_11_security_CVE_2008_2936
(__main__.PostfixTest.test_11_security_CVE_2008_2936)
CVE-2008-2936 fixed
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/autopkgtest.k8hH1V/build.5uA/src/debian/tests/test-postfix.py",
line 393, in test_11_security_CVE_2008_2936
    os.link('/var/tmp/secret.link','/var/mail/%s' % (self.user.login))
    ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/tmp/secret.link' ->
'/var/mail/tjevyrai'
#1141168#10
Date:
2026-06-30 18:33:09 UTC
From:
To:
I just proposed
https://salsa.debian.org/postfix-team/postfix-dev/-/merge_requests/54 to
fix this, but I couldn't get a pipeline run on salsa.