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exim configuration error, malformed macro definition



I was updating my Sarge and got this error. This just happened out of the blue. Anybody know what to make of it?

Preconfiguring packages ...
2005-04-14 09:37:32 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1
2005-04-14 09:37:33 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed
2005-04-14 09:37:33 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed


thanks,
->HS
PS: full message paste:
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  arpack++
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  atlas2-base libarpack++2 libarpack++2-dev libldap-2.2-7 skippy
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 4886kB of archives.
After unpacking 11.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main libldap-2.2-7 2.2.23-1 [239kB] Get:2 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main atlas2-base 3.2.1ln-15 [4190kB]
Get:3 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main libarpack++2 2.2-3 [7128B]
Get:4 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main libarpack++2-dev 2.2-3 [422kB]
Get:5 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main skippy 0.5.1rc1-1 [27.6kB]
Fetched 4886kB in 22s (221kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
2005-04-14 09:37:32 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1
2005-04-14 09:37:33 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed
2005-04-14 09:37:33 Exim configuration error in line 6 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated:
  malformed macro definition
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed
(Reading database ... 221855 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing arpack++ ...
(Reading database ... 221452 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libldap-2.2-7 (from .../libldap-2.2-7_2.2.23-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking atlas2-base (from .../atlas2-base_3.2.1ln-15_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking libarpack++2 (from .../libarpack++2_2.2-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking libarpack++2-dev (from .../libarpack++2-dev_2.2-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking skippy (from .../skippy_0.5.1rc1-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libldap-2.2-7 (2.2.23-1) ...

Setting up atlas2-base (3.2.1ln-15) ...

Setting up libarpack++2 (2.2-3) ...

Setting up libarpack++2-dev (2.2-3) ...
Setting up skippy (0.5.1rc1-1) ...

Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n]
Press enter to continue.

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