Your message dated Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:07:38 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#569334: exim4-base: package removal leaves files in
crontab.d requiring deleted user Debian-exim, break logrotate
has caused the Debian Bug report #569334,
regarding exim4-base: package removal leaves files in crontab.d requiring
deleted user Debian-exim, break logrotate
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Package: exim4-base
Version: 4.69-9
Severity: normal
after removing the package (apt-get remove exim4), the logrotate.d files are
left (/etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-paniclog), but
they reference the user Debian-exim, which I suppose was removed by the package
remove scripts.
as a result, logrotate is unable to run afterwards
web-pub01:/etc/logrotate.d# logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
including /etc/logrotate.d
...
reading config info for /var/log/exim4/mainlog /var/log/exim4/rejectlog
error: exim4-base:8 unknown user 'Debian-exim'
suggested solution: either do not remove the user or remove the logrotate.d
files
Best Regards
MAtteo HCE Valsasna
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages exim4-base depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii cron 3.0pl1-105 management of regular background p
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
pn exim4-config | exim4-config <none> (no description available)
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdb4.6 4.6.21-11 Berkeley v4.6 Database Libraries [
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii netbase 4.34 Basic TCP/IP networking system
Versions of packages exim4-base recommends:
ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 A simple mail user agent
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19lenny2 Core Perl modules
ii psmisc 22.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
Versions of packages exim4-base suggests:
ii bsd-mailx [mail-re 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 A simple mail user agent
pn exim4-doc-html | e <none> (no description available)
pn eximon4 <none> (no description available)
ii file 4.26-1 Determines file type using "magic"
pn libmail-spf-query- <none> (no description available)
ii mutt [mail-reader] 1.5.18-6 text-based mailreader supporting M
ii openssl 0.9.8g-15+lenny6 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
pn swaks <none> (no description available)
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--- Begin Message ---
On 2010-02-11 MAtteo HCE Valsasna <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: exim4-base
> Version: 4.69-9
> Severity: normal
> after removing the package (apt-get remove exim4), the logrotate.d
> files are left (/etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base
> /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-paniclog), but they reference the user
> Debian-exim, which I suppose was removed by the package remove
> scripts.
> as a result, logrotate is unable to run afterwards
> web-pub01:/etc/logrotate.d# logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf
> reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
> including /etc/logrotate.d
> ...
> reading config info for /var/log/exim4/mainlog /var/log/exim4/rejectlog
> error: exim4-base:8 unknown user 'Debian-exim'
> suggested solution: either do not remove the user or remove the
> logrotate.d files
Hello,
I am closing the bug since both suggesstions are already implemented.
* exim4's maintainer scripts do not remove the Debian-exim user. User
removal must have happpened by something else. e.g. recently
somebody else had this problem because he was using a
schroot-chroot. See http://bugs.debian.org/565613
* Both /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-paniclog and /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base
are dpkg conffiles. They are only removed when the package is purged
instead of uninstalled. (See dpkg --remove vs. --purge or apt-get's
--purge option.)
cu andreas
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