Re: bookworm upgrade report: boring
On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:32:51 +0200
Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> On 2023-06-12 18:00:58 +0100, Joe wrote:
> > Yes. I run a fairly customised exim4, and during one upgrade, I
> > think either to or from etch, I kept my configuration, and it broke
> > the exim4 installation. Exim4 was unconfigured, so it wouldn't run,
> > but dpkg-reconfigure couldn't work either. Even a purge wouldn't
> > enable reinstallation, and I had to resort to manually deleting
> > files.
>
> What files? If these are files under directories like /etc or
> /usr/local (where the user can put his one things), this is not
> normal, and I suppose that a bug should be reported. Otherwise,
> this is not surprising.
>
This is many years ago, and I can't recall. Certainly after purging
exim4 and reinstalling, it would not configure. I removed whatever
references to exim4 I could find, and it then installed correctly.
--
Joe
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