I am not sure it helps at all, but I've also tried install openbsd-inetd. It still does not help, but I get a different error message.
Code:
apt install sendmail
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
sendmail is already the newest version (8.15.2-11).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--configure):
installed sendmail-base package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sendmail-bin:
sendmail-bin depends on sendmail-base (= 8.15.2-11); however:
Package sendmail-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sensible-mda:
sensible-mda depends on sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package sendmail-bin is not configured yet.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package sendmail-bin which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sensible-mda (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sendmail:
sendmail depends on sendmail-base; however:
Package sendmail-base is not configured yet.
sendmail depends on sendmail-bin; however:
Package sendmail-bin is not configured yet.
sendmail depends on sensible-mda; however:
Package sensible-mda is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sendmail (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail-base
sendmail-bin
sensible-mda
sendmail
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Code:
# apt -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
Usage: update-inetd [<option>...] <command> <argument>
Commands:
--add <entry> add <entry>
--remove <entry> remove <entry>
--enable <service>[,...] enable <service> (comma-separated list)
--disable <service>[,...] disable <service> (comma-separated list)
Options:
--group <group> add entry to section <group>
--pattern <pattern> use <pattern> to select a service
--comment-chars <characters> use <characters> as comment characters
--multi allow multiple removes/disables
--file <filename> use <filename> instead of /etc/inetd.conf
--verbose explain what is being done
--debug enables debugging mode
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
In order to prevent the shell from changing your <entry> definition you
have to quote the <entry> using single or double quotes. You can use tabs
(tab character or \t) and spaces to separate the fields of the <entry>.
Note: users must use --comment-chars '#' to disable a service for that setting
to survive upgrades. Package maintainer scripts should use the default
--comment-chars. See update-inetd(8) for details.
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--configure):
installed sendmail-base package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sendmail-bin:
sendmail-bin depends on sendmail-base (= 8.15.2-11); however:
Package sendmail-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sensible-mda:
sensible-mda depends on sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package sendmail-bin is not configured yet.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package sendmail-bin which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sensible-mda (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sendmail:
sendmail depends on sendmail-base; however:
Package sendmail-base is not configured yet.
sendmail depends on sendmail-bin; however:
Package sendmail-bin is not configured yet.
sendmail depends on sensible-mda; however:
Package sensible-mda is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package sendmail (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail-base
sendmail-bin
sensible-mda
sendmail
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Code:
# apt remove procmail sendmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf sensible-mda
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
procmail sendmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf sensible-mda
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 4,213 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 1562870 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing sendmail (8.15.2-11) ...
Removing sensible-mda (8.15.2-11) ...
Removing sendmail-bin (8.15.2-11) ...
Removing sendmail-base (8.15.2-11) ...
update-inetd: error: --group is only relevant with --add
dpkg: error processing package sendmail-base (--remove):
installed sendmail-base package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 255
Removing procmail (3.22-26) ...
Removing sendmail-cf (8.15.2-11) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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