on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:05:29AM -0500, Phil Brutsche (pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu) wrote: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > Under Sid, exim is failing with "IPv6 socket creation failed: Invalid > > argument" when started via /etc/init.d/exim start or from command line > > as follows. > > Let me guess: You're running Exim 3.32, compiled with IPv6 support (which > is the Debian default), on a system that doesn't have support for IPv6. Yep. Looked at the IPv6 stuf when I was compiling, said to myself, "Self, you don't need that experimental shit", and passed it by. > It's a known issue with Exim 3.32; expect a 3.33 to be released Real Soon > Now (tm) that doesn't have that problem. > > In the meantime, there are 3 ways to get around this problem: > > 1) setup your computer for IPv6 > 2) downgrade to Exim 3.31 > 3) Compile Exim 3.32 without IPv6 support Running exim from /etc/inetd.conf w/o the -bp flag seems to work as well. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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