Bug#817244: exim4-base: cron noise re environment

[The Wanderer]

On 2016-03-10 at 11:05, Andreas Metzler wrote:

> On 2016-03-10 The Wanderer <wanderer at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> Andreas Metzler <ametzler at bebt.de> on Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:07:30 +0100
>> I get this same behavior.
> 
>>> The Debian configuration sets add_environment:
> 
>> $ /usr/sbin/exim4 -bP | grep environment
>> LOG: MAIN
>>   WARNING: purging the environment.
>>  Suggested action: use keep_environment and add_environment.
>> 
>> add_environment =
>> keep_environment =
> 
> 
>> $ /usr/sbin/exim4 -bV | tail -n1
>> Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
>> 
>>> grep -rl _environment /etc/exim4/
>> 
>> $ grep -rl _environment /etc/exim4/
>> grep: /etc/exim4/passwd.client: Permission denied
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Does not look like you are using unmodified up-to-date exim4-config:

I didn't see how that could have happened, but you appear to be quite
right, though there's something odd going on.

Yesterday, I did an 'apt-get update'/'apt-get dist-upgrade',
specifically in order to check whether the updated exim4 in testing
fixed this problem. In the morning, when I saw that the cron mail had
still showed up with the same contents, I went looking and found this
bug report.

After receiving your mail, I ran 'apt-get dist-upgrade' again, without
running 'apt-get update' first - and it listed exim4-config as being
available to upgrade. (It appears to have previously been at version
4.86-7.)

I don't know how this can have happened, since as far as I'm aware I had
no pins or holds on exim4-related packages. With exim4-config updated to
version 4.86.2-2, however, I now get the environment results you indicated.

I expect this to have fixed the problem. If I do get the notification
again tomorrow, I will report back.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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