Bug#292409: marked as done (exim4-config: Invalid configfile in upgrade to 4.44-1)
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Subject: exim4-config: Invalid configfile in upgrade to 4.44-1
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Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.44-1
Severity: important
Tags: experimental
When upgrading to 4.44-1 I receive the following message:
2005-01-26 14:35:45 Exim configuration error in line 419 of
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
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 post-installation script returned error exit status 1
-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.44 #1 built 23-Jan-2005 15:54:01
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December 3, 2003)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz 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
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /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'
dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames='smh.peerlessmfg.com'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
dc_readhost='peerlessmfg.com'
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='192.9.200.0/24'
dc_smarthost='mail.peerlessmfg.com'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname='true'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
mailname:smh.peerlessmfg.com
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-smh
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.42 Debian configuration management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.8 Change and administer password and
-- debconf information:
* exim4/dc_smarthost: mail.peerlessmfg.com
* exim4/dc_relay_domains:
exim4/exim3_upgrade: true
* exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
* exim4/dc_readhost: peerlessmfg.com
exim4/exim4-config-title:
exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate: false
* exim4/dc_relay_nets: 192.9.200.0/24
* exim4/mailname: smh.peerlessmfg.com
* exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1
* exim4/dc_minimaldns: false
* exim4/dc_other_hostnames: smh.peerlessmfg.com
exim4/no_config: true
* exim4/hide_mailname: true
exim4/dc_postmaster: none
* exim4/use_split_config: true
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From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>
To: Sean Hendershot <shendershot@peerlessmfg.com>,
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Subject: Re: {Filename?} Re: Bug#292402: exim4-config: Invalid configfile in upgrade to 4.44-1
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On 2005-01-26 Sean Hendershot <shendershot@peerlessmfg.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 10:48:53PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
[...]
> > I cannot reproduce this on my system, could you please send me
> > /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp and run
> > /usr/sbin/update-exim4.conf --keepcomments -o /tmp/broken.exim4.conf
> > and also send the newly generated file /tmp/broken.exim4.conf?
> Sure.
Thanks.
[...]
> ### main/02_exim4-config_options
> #################################
[...]
> # Only for interacting with other packages, to make it possible to use
> # -DSPOOLDIR to override it on the command line
> .ifndef SPOOLDIR
> #SPOOLDIR = /var/spool/exim4
> #.endif
> #spool_directory = SPOOLDIR
[...]
Here is the source of the error. You've commented the '.endif' but
forgot to comment '.ifndef SPOOLDIR'.
I am therefore closing the bug-report, as it seems to be obvious that
the cause is a failed local modification.
Thanks for the quick response, making it easy to diagnose this.
cu andreas
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