Bug#303351: "cat /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template" is always executed everytime you do "/etc/init.d/exim4 start"

Andrew Nimmo Andrew Nimmo <andrew.nimmo+debian.org@email.sh>, 303351@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:29:51 +0200


> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 05:31:59PM +0800, Gabriel L. Briones III wrote:
>> I did update my mysql-server package and since exim4 is one of it's
>> dependencies, it install it first and when it tries to start the 
>> daemon,
>> I see a bunch of information and I figured that it's the
>> exim4.conf.template.
>
> When exactly does that happen?
>
> - When doing dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config?
> - When trying to restart exim4 via /etc/init.d/exim4 stop,
>   /etc/init.d/exim4/start?
> - When manually invoking update-exim4.conf?
>
> Can you please set EX4DEBUG to a non-zero value and attach the
> resulting typescript?
>
> Thanks for helping.
>
> Greetings
> Marc

invoking update-exim4.conf as sh -x /usr/sbin/update-exim4.conf shows 
that execution stops at line 279:

cat /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template

which, i suspect, should be:

cat /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template | \

regards
andrew