Bug#276589: installing exim4-config in a pbuilder chroot fails weirdly
martin f krafft
Version: 4.34-6
Severity: normal
In a pbuilder sid system:
Setting up exim4-config (4.34-6) ...
2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
user mail was not found
2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
user mail was not found
2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
user mail was not found
exim: could not open panic log - aborting: see message(s) above
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
But:
# getent passwd mail
mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
(as expected.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-cirrus
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.38 Debian configuration management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.1 Change and administer password and
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Andreas Metzler
> Package: exim4-config
> Version: 4.34-6
> Severity: normal
> In a pbuilder sid system:
> Setting up exim4-config (4.34-6) ...
> 2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
> user mail was not found
[...]
> But:
> # getent passwd mail
> mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
[...]
Hello,
I remember hearing about similar problems with debootstrap, and cannot
find the exact explanation-mail for it, by the reason was that what
happened was not
~: chroot /somewhere
inchroot~: installexim
but some weird other stuff that had the effect that the
exim-installationscripts did not see the password data *in* *the*
chroot but in the outside system.
cu andreas
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Andreas Metzler
thanks
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:19:11AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> Package: exim4-config
[...]
> In a pbuilder sid system:
> Setting up exim4-config (4.34-6) ...
> 2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
> user mail was not found
[...]
> But:
>
> # getent passwd mail
> mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
>
> (as expected.)
Hello,
I am reassigning this to pbuilder becase afaict exim does as nothing
special, the corresponding code is this in src/readconf.c:
if (!route_finduser(sptr, &pw, &uid))
log_write(0, LOG_PANIC_DIE|LOG_CONFIG_IN, "user %s was not found", sptr);
with route_finduser in src/route.c using getpwnam().
cu andreas
Junichi Uekawa
thanks
> > Setting up exim4-config (4.34-6) ...
> > 2004-10-14 22:14:08 Exim configuration error in line 285 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
> > user mail was not found
> [...]
> > But:
> >
> > # getent passwd mail
> > mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
> >
> > (as expected.)
>
> Hello,
> I am reassigning this to pbuilder becase afaict exim does as nothing
> special, the corresponding code is this in src/readconf.c:
>
> if (!route_finduser(sptr, &pw, &uid))
> log_write(0, LOG_PANIC_DIE|LOG_CONFIG_IN, "user %s was not found", sptr);
Can you try obtaining strace logs and see why it's failing ?
I can't reproduce it here.
root@atoron:/# apt-get install exim4
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
Suggested packages:
mail-reader eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info
The following NEW packages will be installed:
exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
Need to get 1340kB of archives.
After unpacking 2888kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp sid/main exim4-config 4.34-8 [202kB]
Get:2 http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp sid/main exim4-base 4.34-8 [790kB]
Get:3 http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp sid/main exim4-daemon-light 4.34-8 [347kB]
Get:4 http://ring.asahi-net.or.jp sid/main exim4 4.34-8 [1202B]
Fetched 1340kB in 0s (1744kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4-config.
(Reading database ... 11111 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking exim4-config (from .../exim4-config_4.34-8_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4-base.
Unpacking exim4-base (from .../exim4-base_4.34-8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4-daemon-light.
Unpacking exim4-daemon-light (from .../exim4-daemon-light_4.34-8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4.
Unpacking exim4 (from .../archives/exim4_4.34-8_all.deb) ...
Setting up exim4-config (4.34-8) ...
Setting up exim4-base (4.34-8) ...
Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.34-8) ...
Setting up exim4 (4.34-8) ...
regards,
junichi
Andreas Metzler
> > I am reassigning this to pbuilder becase afaict exim does as nothing
> > special, the corresponding code is this in src/readconf.c:
> Can you try obtaining strace logs and see why it's failing ?
> I can't reproduce it here.
No, but perhaps the bug submitter can, cc-ed.
cu andreas
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