Bug#952451: exim4-config: Installing exim4-config before util-linux prevents configuration from ever working

Marc Haber mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de
Mon Feb 24 16:57:30 GMT 2020


On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 04:50:20PM +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote:
> It only successfully configures after deleting /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf. Presumably the blank entries as seen below are throwing the script off. I suggest making the script more resilient and possibly adding a dependency on util-linux.

util-linux is Essential: yes, and packages SHOULD not declare
dependencies on Essential packages unless they need a certain version
(Policy 3.5).

Greetings
Marc

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