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#9305
exim: Can't load exim to replace smail
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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Tim Cutts <tjrc1@scalopus.bio.cam.ac.uk>
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Bug#9305
; Package exim
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Acknowledgement sent to Mark Purcell <msp@purcell.aaa.net.au>
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New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Tim Cutts <tjrc1@scalopus.bio.cam.ac.uk>
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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: exim
Version: 1.61-1
I can't seem to be able to automatically 'upgrade' from smail to exim, when I
try under dselect or dpkg directly I receive the error:
dpkg: regarding exim_1.61-1.deb containing exim:
smail conflicts with mail-transport-agent
exim provides mail-transport-agent and is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing exim_1.61-1.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing exim
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim_1.61-1.deb
I can of course do things manually
# dpkg --force-depends -r smail
# dpkg --install exim_1.61-1.deb
But the postinst for exim doesn't appear to update inetd, perhaps due to the existance of the 'old' smail version..
ast# update-inetd --group MAIL --verbose --add "smtp stream tcp nowait
mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs"
Processing /etc/inetd.conf
Processing service `smtp' ... not changed
/etc/inetd.conf
===============
# smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd (will be restored by smail postinst)
By totally removing the smtp line the postinst works correctly.
Mark
-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux ast 2.0.27 #1 Fri Jan 10 23:46:22 MET 1997 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages exim depends on:
libc5 Version: 5.4.23-2
Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Tim Cutts <tjrc1@scalopus.bio.cam.ac.uk>
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Bug#9305
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Acknowledgement sent to Tim Cutts <tjrc1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk>
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Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Tim Cutts <tjrc1@scalopus.bio.cam.ac.uk>
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Message #10 received at 9305@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Sat, 3 May 1997, Mark Purcell wrote:
> Package: exim
> Version: 1.61-1
>
> I can't seem to be able to automatically 'upgrade' from smail to exim, when I
> try under dselect or dpkg directly I receive the error:
>
> dpkg: regarding exim_1.61-1.deb containing exim:
> smail conflicts with mail-transport-agent
> exim provides mail-transport-agent and is to be installed.
> dpkg: error processing exim_1.61-1.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing exim
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> exim_1.61-1.deb
>
> I can of course do things manually
>
> # dpkg --force-depends -r smail
> # dpkg --install exim_1.61-1.deb
>
Hmm. There seem to be some problems with t he way exim_1.61-1's
configuration files were generated. exim *should* replace smail quite
happily (and indeed it did when I initially replaced my smail setup)
> But the postinst for exim doesn't appear to update inetd, perhaps due to
> the existance of the 'old' smail version..
It's a bug in smail, because smail doesn't use update-inetd it confuses
anything that does. I really ought to file this as a bug against smail.
I have just created exim_1.62-1, which should appear on Master shortly.
I'd be interested to know if that one has the same problem.
> ast# update-inetd --group MAIL --verbose --add "smtp stream tcp nowait
> mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs"
> Processing /etc/inetd.conf
> Processing service `smtp' ... not changed
>
> /etc/inetd.conf
> ===============
> # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd (will be restored by smail postinst)
>
> By totally removing the smtp line the postinst works correctly.
Indeed.
Tim.
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Bug reassigned from package `exim' to `dpkg'.
Request was from Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
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Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `smail'.
Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl>
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Bug acknowledged by developer.
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Message #21 received at 9305-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
This bug seems to be fixed in the version of smail in woody.
cu,
Adrian
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