Bug#817244: exim4-base: cron noise re environment

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2016-03-09 Matthew Vernon <mcv21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Package: exim4-base
> Version: 4.86.2-2
> Severity: normal

> Hi,

> I now (last few days) get an irritating email every day from anacron,
> thus:

> /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base:
> LOG: MAIN
>   WARNING: purging the environment.
>  Suggested action: use keep_environment and add_environment.
[...]

The Debian configuration sets add_environment:

ametzler at argenau:~$ /usr/sbin/exim4 -bP | grep environment
add_environment = <; PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
keep_environment =

Are you using Debian's configuration scheme?

ametzler at argenau:~$ /usr/sbin/exim4 -bV | tail -n1
grep -rl _environment /etc/exim4/

cu Andreas
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