I've just upgraded from 4.95 to 4.96 and have started to have problems with exim_tidydb
curlew:/tmp# exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim wait-remote_auth_smtp Tidying Exim hints database /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_auth_smtp ** Failed to open DBM file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_auth_smtp for writing: No such file or directorycurlew:/tmp# exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim wait-remote_smtp Tidying Exim hints database /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp ** Failed to open DBM file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp for writing: No such file or directory But both these files exist curlew:/tmp# ls -l /var/spool/exim/db total 5 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mail 0 14 Oct 2022 retry.lockfile -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mail 131072 4 Sep 11:21 wait-remote_auth_smtp -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mail 0 22 Aug 2020 wait-remote_auth_smtp.lockfile -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mail 131072 4 Sep 08:41 wait-remote_smtp -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mail 0 19 Jun 2021 wait-remote_smtp.lockfile curlew:/tmp# exim --version Exim version 4.96 #1 (FreeBSD 13.2) built 29-Aug-2023 15:38:40 Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2018 (c) The Exim Maintainers and contributors in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file, 2007 - 2022 Probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (compatibility mode) Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 use_setclassresources PAM Perl Expand_dlfunc OpenSSL TLS_resume Content_Scan ning DKIM DNSSEC Event I18N OCSP PIPECONNECT PRDR Queue_Ramp SPF TCP_Fast_Open Lookups (built-in): lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmjz dbmnz dnsdb dsearch passwd Authenticators: cram_md5 dovecot plaintext spa Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply lmtp pipe smtp Malware: f-protd f-prot6d drweb fsecure sophie clamd avast sock cmdline Fixed never_users: 0 Configure owner: 0:0 Size of off_t: 8 Configuration file is /usr/local/etc/exim/configure -- Mike Clarke -- ## subscription configuration (requires account): ## https://lists.exim.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/exim-users.lists.exim.org/ ## unsubscribe (doesn't require an account): ## exim-users-unsubscr...@lists.exim.org ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
