Bug#738830: exim4-config.template have multiple errors

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2014-02-16 Corcodel Marian <asd at marian1000.go.ro> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.80-7
> Followup-For: Bug #738830

> cd /exim4-4.80/debian
> chmod u+x exim4-config.config
> and run
> $./exim4-config.config
> debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open
> /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
> debconf: Unknown template field '__choices', in stanza #1 of
> ./exim4-config.templates
> Still not know __choices
[...]

You cannot directly invoke debconf scripts in a package source
directory and expect them work. This is not supported.

cu Andreas
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