Bug#297607: dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config hangs, blocks debian installation

[Marc Haber]

tags #297607 confirmed
thanks

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 02:22:40PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
> > Does 4.44 from sarge, or the old 4.34 from last week's sarge work on
> > this system?
> 
> Yes, 4.44-2 is ok. 

I confirm the issue existing with 4.50, can reproduce it here. If I
interpret correctly, the fd that the debconf frontend stalls reading
from is connected to the exim daemon.

Hm. The Debconf-related stuff did not change besides cosmetics between
4.44-2 and 4.50-3. But I have seen that we do quite unusual stuff,
such as restarting the daemon in the .config script, which seems to be
rather exotic.

I'll consult with the other Exim 4 maintainers and upstream, and would
appreciate any debugging help.

Greetings
Marc

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