Bug#407567: Missing backslash in /etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples

Kai Weber kai.weber at glorybox.de
Fri Jan 19 16:40:40 CET 2007


Package: exim4
Version: 4.63-16
Severity: important
Tags: patch

I cannot install exim4 because it gives that error

Setting up exim4-config (4.63-16) ...
2007-01-19 16:37:00 Exim configuration error in line 743 of
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  missing quote at end of string value for client_send
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
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-base:
[...]

The problem is a missing backslash in
/etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples

-  client_send = "<; ${if !eq{PASSWDLINE}{}
+  client_send = "<; ${if !eq{PASSWDLINE}{}\

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.63 #1 built 18-Jan-2007 21:15:07
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2006
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.29: (September  6, 2005)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS move_frozen_messages
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
Size of off_t: 8
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='dummy'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
dc_readhost='glorybox.de'
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='smtp.variomedia.de'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname='false'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
mailname:dummy

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages exim4 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.11     Debian configuration management sy
pn  exim4-base                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  exim4-daemon-light | exim4-da <none>     (no description available)

exim4 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  exim4/drec:
-------------- next part --------------
--- 30_exim4-config_examples.orig	2007-01-19 16:38:40.000000000 +0100
+++ 30_exim4-config_examples	2007-01-19 16:38:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 .else
   # Return empty string if looking up $host in passwd-file yields a
   # non-empty string; fail otherwise.
-  client_send = "<; ${if !eq{PASSWDLINE}{}
+  client_send = "<; ${if !eq{PASSWDLINE}{}\
                       {}fail}\
                  ; ${extract{1}{::}{PASSWDLINE}}\
 		 ; ${sg{PASSWDLINE}{\\N([^:]+:)(.*)\\N}{\\$2}}"


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