Bug#660949: exim4-config: exim4 cannot be installed due to an 'Invalid new configfile'

[Kai Boenke]

Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.72-6+squeeze2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

When installing exim4 dpkg reports:

--- Console output ---
Setting up exim4-config (4.72-6+squeeze2) ...
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
2012-02-22 21:28:03 Exim configuration error in line 866 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  Unexpected end of configuration file: .endif missing
exim: could not open panic log - aborting: see message(s) above
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 installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
--- Console output ---

This happens during the initial installation of exim (and after purging all exim-packages).


-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.72 #1 built 12-May-2011 19:03:39
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2007
Berkeley DB: Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April  9, 2010)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS move_frozen_messages DKIM
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dnsdb 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
GnuTLS compile-time version: 2.8.6
GnuTLS runtime version: 2.8.6
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
#
# Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
# to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
# changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
# around with multiple versions of the file.
#
# update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to generate
# exim configuration macros for the configuration file.
#
# Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
# Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
#
# This is a Debian specific file

dc_eximconfig_configtype='local'
dc_other_hostnames='lantan.selune\'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1'
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost=''
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
mailname:lantan.selune\

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39.4 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.36.1   Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

exim4-config suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/exim4/passwd.client [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/exim4/passwd.client'

-- debconf information:
  exim4/dc_relay_nets:
  exim4/mailname: lantan.selune\
  exim4/dc_readhost:
  exim4/dc_other_hostnames: lantan.selune\
  exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: local delivery only; not on a network
  exim4/use_split_config: false
  exim4/exim4-config-title:
  exim4/dc_localdelivery: mbox format in /var/mail/
  exim4/no_config: true
  exim4/hide_mailname:
  exim4/dc_postmaster:
  exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1 ; ::1
  exim4/dc_smarthost:
  exim4/dc_relay_domains:
  exim4/dc_minimaldns: false