[Pkg-exim4-users] exim periodically segfaults on any attempt to deliver message to local mailbox

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2006-05-13 Miernik <miernik at ffii.org> wrote:
> I have a strange problem with my exim4 which started happening from time
> to time. Here is what happens when it tries to deliver eny message (here
> I run it manually on one message with debug):

> tarnica:~# exim4 -d -M 1FeUkc-0002oC-TK
> Exim version 4.61 uid=0 gid=0 pid=16736 D=fbb95cfd
> Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December  3, 2003)
[...]
> locked /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile
> EXIM_DBOPEN(/var/spool/exim4/db/retry)
> Segmentation fault
[...]
> What should I try to reinstall, or what to try to debug? I don't want to
> reinstall the whole system just because exim4 broke.

Looks like the hints database somehow got f*cked up and berkeleyDB
cannot handle it. Try removing the files in /var/spool/exim4/db/ (They
just contain retry hints, no e-mails or other persistant data.
cu andreas
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