(very) old version of Postfix in Ubuntu Trusty

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I'm active user (admin) of several Postfix-based mail stacks. Last year in December I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) for the first time and set up Postfix with components, as usual.

One extremely strange thing I've noticed that offered version of Postfix is (currently) 2.11.0-1. Um... that's version so old that it's release date cannot be found on official announcements page (it has versions up to 2008).

Even more strange is the fact that older Ubuntu LTS - Precise - maintains decent version of Postfix (2.9.1-4).

I would like to know is there known reason for this? And, more importantly, what should user of Ubuntu Trusty do? (PPAs?)

EDIT: Xenial has super-up-to-date version of Postfix (3.1.0-3). So, only Trusty is black sheep of the family.

Half-answer is that the version in a given release is explained by this question about why the repos don't have the latest software versions. Second half-answer is that you have to resort to back ports, PPAs, or building from source yourself to fix this type of issue (or upgrade to 16.04). — Thomas Ward, Aug 06 '16 at 18:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '16 at 18:34

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The official announcement page says that 2.11.0 has been released on January 15, 2014.

2.9.1 is about 2 years older (released February 18, 2012).

answered Aug 06 '16 at 18:34

Florian Diesch

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Yes, my mistake. Thanks. Cant' believe what I've missed... – Miloš Đakonović Aug 06 '16 at 18:38

(very) old version of Postfix in Ubuntu Trusty

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