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

[Adam D. Barratt]

Hi,

Please keep the bug address in Cc, otherwise the traffic won't end up 
in the BTS and no-one knows what's going on.

On 23.02.2012 11:25, Kai Boenke wrote:
>> This looks odd, particularly the backslash.  What did you enter in 
>> the
>> "Other destinations for which mail is accepted" configuration 
>> dialog?
>> What are the contents of the file "/etc/mailname"?
>
> It does not get to the point where it would ask me about the
> configuration. Installation stops before that.
>
> /etc/mailname is "lantan.selune\".

Why?

> I just took the backslash out and
> ran 'dpkg --configure exim4-config' - see below.

Try purging and re-installing the packages, and see what happens.

Regards,

Adam