Re: Fw: Errors on upgrading from etch to lenny
Hi:
The full error message is:
deb32:/home/francesco# apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 53 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.69-2+b1) ...
Starting MTA:exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments
invoke-rc.d: initscript exim4, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of at:
at depends on mail-transport-agent; however:
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing at (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4:
exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however:
Package exim4-daemon-light is not configured yet.
Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bsd-mailx:
bsd-mailx depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package exim4 is not configured yet.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bsd-mailx (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mailx:
mailx depends on bsd-mailx; however:
Package bsd-mailx is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mailx (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-daemon-light
at
exim4
bsd-mailx
mailx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Thanks
francesco pietra
--- On Tue, 5/6/08, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
> Subject: Re: Fw: Errors on upgrading from etch to lenny
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: chiendarret@yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 1:13 AM
> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 00:08:35 -0700, Francesco Pietra
> wrote:
> > Hi:
> > I wonder whether the debian-user list is still active.
> When posting
> > for help at the amd64 list, even from inexperienced
> users, the amd64
> > list usually provides help overnight.
> >
> > See please my request for help below to the
> debian-users list.
> > Unanswered.
>
> Your original message (17:28:33 UTC):
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/05/msg00201.html
>
> An answer (18:07:33 UTC):
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/05/msg00204.html
>
> Maybe you missed the answer because you expected to get a
> CC to your own
> email address and therefore you did not follow the list
> closely enough.
> The fact that your messages have a Reply-To header pointing
> to your own
> email address does not mean that you will automatically be
> CC'd if
> somebody replies to the list. You have to explicitly ask to
> be CC'd or
> you have to include an appropriate Mail-Followup-To header.
>
> I am CC'ing you now to make sure that you get this
> message, even though
> this is technically a violation of the list policy. I
> assume this is
> what you wanted, since I cannot otherwise see the point of
> generating a
> Reply-To header that is identical to the From address.
>
> > Notice, please, that no such errors came out when
> > upgrading from etch to lenny with amd64.
> >
> > Of course I understand that a general list such as
> debian-users may be
> > very crowded. Therefore, this is just a respectfully
> remind. Must add
> > that I tried all obvious resources to resolve the
> issue, such as
> > "apt-get -f install" and others, without
> success.
>
> It seems be bug #477258, which has been fixed in Sid since
> April 25,
> exim4 version 4.69-3. The bug report describes how to
> repair the init
> script yourself. (So far the fix did not propagate to Lenny
> because
> there have been further updates in Sid, restarting the 10
> days waiting
> period.)
>
> --
> Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
> Florian |
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