On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:32:51 +0200 Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@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