Bug#383420: exim4-config 4.63 should conflict with exim4 < 4.63
Marc Haber
mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de
Thu Aug 17 11:15:44 UTC 2006
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 09:01:45AM +0200, Yannick Roehlly wrote:
> When ugrading my Debian Sid, I did not notice that I was upgrading
> exim4-config but not exim4 packages (the PowerPC packages were not
> yet autobuilt).
>
> The post.inst script fails with:
>
> Param?trage de exim4-config (4.63-2) ...
> 2006-08-17 08:40:01 Exim configuration error in line 519 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
> option "forbid_smtp_code" unknown
> Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
> not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
>
> Maybe exim4-config version 4.63 should conflict with previous versions
> of exim4 packages to prevent failing partial upgrades.
You have a point. I am not sure, though, about how to handle this
since the conflict is caused by a conffile.
What do the other maintainers and BTS regulars think?
Greetings
Marc
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