exim4-config (4.89-2+deb9u3): unknown rewrite flag character '"' (could be missing quotes round replacement item)

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 02:49:34PM +0200, Sören Wünsche wrote:
> A newly install exim4 server produces the following error:
> 
> exim4-config (4.89-2+deb9u3) wird eingerichtet ...
> 2018-10-08 14:40:02 Exim configuration error in line 882 of
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>   unknown rewrite flag character '"' (could be missing quotes round
> replacement item)
> Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp, not
> installing
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
> dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes exim4-config (--configure):
>  Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1
> zurück
> 
> 
> view /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp +882:
> 
> begin rewrite
> 
> .ifndef NO_EAA_REWRITE_REWRITE
> *@+local_domains "${lookup{${local_part}}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
>                    {$value}fail}" Ffrs
> *@ETC_MAILNAME "${lookup{${local_part}}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
>                    {$value}fail}" Ffrs
> .endif

It's been the same for years. I guess it might be something locale
related, Please retry with LANG=C.

If that does not help, what does your ETC_MAILNAME say, and what is the
contents of the +local_domains domainlist?

Next time, if you think you have encountered a bug, please use reportbug
to report it.

Greetings
Marc

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