Re: dist-upgrade from stable to testing
mkdir /etc/exim then rerun apt-get dist-upgrade... You won't have to
re-download the 166M, BTW.
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Phil Reardon wrote:
>After apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade to testing, I got a successful
>download of 166 MB. But during the install/config, I saw this message:
>
>mv: cannot create regjular file '/etc/exim/exim.conf' ; No such file or
>directory.
>
>dpkg: error processing /var/cach/apt/archives/exim_3.31-1_i386.deb
>(--unpack); subprocess pre-installaation script returned error exit status 1
> Starting MTA exim
>
>This was followed by several lines that look okay and then by
>
>Errors were encountered while processing:
>/var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.31-1_i386.deb
>E: Subprocess /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>This was followed by my root prompt. I checked, and exim.conf is directly
>under /etc, and I have no exim directory under /etc, which I presume was the
>problem. My question is , what should I do next? Do I have to repeat the
>dist-upgrade, or even do something worse? The box I did this on is waiting
>for your gracious help!
>
>
>
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