Your message dated Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:06:07 +0200
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Re: Bug#660949: exim4-config: exim4 cannot be installed due to
an 'Invalid new configfile'
has caused the Debian Bug report #660949,
regarding exim4-config: exim4 cannot be installed due to an 'Invalid new
configfile'
to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [email protected]
immediately.)
--
660949: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660949
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact [email protected] with problems
--- Begin Message ---
Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.72-6+squeeze2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
When installing exim4 dpkg reports:
--- Console output ---
Setting up exim4-config (4.72-6+squeeze2) ...
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
exim: could not open panic log - aborting: see message(s) above
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp, not installing
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
--- Console output ---
This happens during the initial installation of exim (and after purging all
exim-packages).
-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.72 #1 built 12-May-2011 19:03:39
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2007
Berkeley DB: Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April 9, 2010)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS move_frozen_messages DKIM
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dnsdb dsearch
nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Size of off_t: 8
GnuTLS compile-time version: 2.8.6
GnuTLS runtime version: 2.8.6
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
#
# Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
# to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
# changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
# around with multiple versions of the file.
#
# update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to generate
# exim configuration macros for the configuration file.
#
# Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
# Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
#
# This is a Debian specific file
dc_eximconfig_configtype='local'
dc_other_hostnames='lantan.selune\'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1'
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost=''
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
mailname:lantan.selune\
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39.4 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
exim4-config recommends no packages.
exim4-config suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/exim4/passwd.client [Errno 13] Permission denied:
u'/etc/exim4/passwd.client'
-- debconf information:
exim4/dc_relay_nets:
exim4/mailname: lantan.selune\
exim4/dc_readhost:
exim4/dc_other_hostnames: lantan.selune\
exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: local delivery only; not on a network
exim4/use_split_config: false
exim4/exim4-config-title:
exim4/dc_localdelivery: mbox format in /var/mail/
exim4/no_config: true
exim4/hide_mailname:
exim4/dc_postmaster:
exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1 ; ::1
exim4/dc_smarthost:
exim4/dc_relay_domains:
exim4/dc_minimaldns: false
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On 2012-02-24 Kai Boenke <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> It does not get to the point where it would ask me about the
[...]
> > Try purging and re-installing the packages, and see what happens.
> That did the trick. I can know configure exim4.
> Thanks a lot!
There does not seem to be any point in keeping this report still open,
closing.
cu andreas
--
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
--- End Message ---
