Bug#407588: exim4-config: missing qoute in /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp prevents installation

Lior Kaplan kaplan at debian.org
Fri Jan 19 21:02:44 CET 2007


Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.63-16
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

While upgrading the exim4-* packages:

Setting up exim4-config (4.63-16) ...
2007-01-19 21:50:08 Exim configuration error in line 761 of /var/lib/exim4/confi g.autogenerated.tmp:
  missing quote at end of string value for client_send
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-base:
 exim4-base depends on exim4-config (>= 4.30) | exim4-config-2; however:
  Package exim4-config is not configured yet.
  Package exim4-config-2 is not installed.
  Package exim4-config which provides exim4-config-2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing exim4-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4-daemon-light:
 exim4-daemon-light depends on exim4-base (>= 4.63); however:
  Package exim4-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4:
 exim4 depends on exim4-base (>= 4.63); however:
  Package exim4-base is not configured yet.
 exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom;  however:
  Package exim4-daemon-light is not configured yet.
  Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eximon4:
 eximon4 depends on exim4-base (>= 4.10); however:
  Package exim4-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing eximon4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 exim4-config
 exim4-base
 exim4-daemon-light
 exim4
 eximon4
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Of course that's a lot of errors becuase of:
2007-01-19 21:54:04 Exim configuration error in line 761 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  missing quote at end of string value for client_send
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

Please check the autogeneration script. Thanks.

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.63 #1 built 18-Jan-2007 21:15:07
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2006
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.29: (September  6, 2005)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS move_frozen_messages
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Size of off_t: 8
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.102      Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.11     Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded




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