Additional info on reproducing the problem: - just running 'base-config new' without configuring exim does not reproduce the problem; - running 'base-config' without 'new' and configuring exim (the config questions are asked) does not reproduce the problem; - after stopping exim with the long pause, subsequent starts/restarts/stops are completely normal.
Copy of config attached. On Sunday 27 March 2005 19:47, Marc Haber wrote: > > > How does your system behave when you search for an AAAA Record for > > > your hostname? gimli:/home/fjp# host -t AAAA gimli.fjphome.nl (empty, but immediate response) gimli:/home/fjp# host -t A gimli.fjphome.nl gimli.fjphome.nl has address 10.19.66.9 > > > What does exim do when you set "dns_ipv4_lookup = *" in the main > > > configuration setup? > > > What does exim do when you set "primary_hostname = your_hostname" > > > in the main configuration setup? Adding those settings makes no difference at all. > You could als tcpdump or ethereal the network traffic between your > system and the name servers to see which queries your system sends out. There is absolutely no traffic from/to the system during the pause. The same is true for a normal stop (without the pause). (So much for the ipv6 theory ;-) To your other questions. - The pid matches. - It is indeed the --retry timeout of s-s-d. After setting that to 10, the pause was reduced to exactly 10 seconds (which means my guestimate of the original pause was amazingly accurate as well ;-) A timed strace of s-s-d with the 10 second retry setting is attached. I have checked that the exim deamon really is still running during the retry timeout and that it is gone on completion.
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf # # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' dc_eximconfig_configtype='local' dc_other_hostnames='localhost.localdomain' dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1' dc_readhost='' dc_relay_domains='' dc_minimaldns='false' dc_relay_nets='' dc_smarthost='' CFILEMODE='644' dc_use_split_config='false' dc_hide_mailname='' dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
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