[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 4.84-8 does not install / configure on debian Jessie ARM

[Carsten von Aswegen]

> 
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:45:45PM +0200, Carsten von Aswegen wrote:
> > > as the error message clearly states your system is lacking the group
> > > "mail". Have you any idea why?
> > > 
> > > cu Andreas
> > 
> > Hi, yes I understand that group mail is not found during the set-up of the
> > package. Anyway, it exists.
> > 
> > root at cva:/# getent group mail
> 
> > mail:x:8:
> This typically happens when /etc/nsswitch.conf is misconfigured or the
> /etc/group file was corrupted in some weird way.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc

I used "grpck" to check the /etc/group file. No errors were reported.
I replaced my nsswitch.conf file with the default one (out of package base-
files, which was also not much of a difference). Then I tried again. The problem 
stays the same.

Regards
Carsten