Bug#377295: exim: db_upgrade error during configuration
severity 377295 normal thanks Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:32:04PM -1000, Ryo Furue wrote: bash# dpkg-reconfigure exim db_upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: unrecognized file type db_upgrade: DB->upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Invalid argument bash# I marked this bug as "grave" but I actually don't know how severe this error is. All I can say is that exim *seems* to continue to be working, but . . . This is the usual berkeley DB foo. Try moving /var/spool/exim/db away, creating an empty directory, and see whether this helps. Not entirely. There's a bug here that it tries to check all files in the directory, including the lockfile. I ought to write a more complicated pattern so it ignores lock files. However, there shouldn't ordinarily be a lock file there as exim isn't running - something must have crashed and left it perhaps? All errors from the database upgrade are ignored, so this will have no effect on whether exim runs properly, so this is not really a problem. However the error message sounds bad, so this will confuse people and ought to be fixed. I will do something about it if and when I do another exim package. And, please take a look at the new Description of the exim 3 package, consider that it might disappear from Debian any time soon, and update to exim4. I second this excellent advice. Despite maintaining the exim 3 packages, I have run exim4 on my own server for years. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#377295: exim: db_upgrade error during configuration
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:32:04PM -1000, Ryo Furue wrote: > > bash# dpkg-reconfigure exim > db_upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: unrecognized file type > db_upgrade: DB->upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Invalid argument > bash# > > I marked this bug as "grave" but I actually don't know how > severe this error is. All I can say is that exim *seems* to > continue to be working, but . . . This is the usual berkeley DB foo. Try moving /var/spool/exim/db away, creating an empty directory, and see whether this helps. And, please take a look at the new Description of the exim 3 package, consider that it might disappear from Debian any time soon, and update to exim4. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#377295: exim: db_upgrade error during configuration
Package: exim Version: 3.36-18.1 Severity: grave Here are the error messages: bash# dpkg-reconfigure exim db_upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: unrecognized file type db_upgrade: DB->upgrade: /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Invalid argument bash# I marked this bug as "grave" but I actually don't know how severe this error is. All I can say is that exim *seems* to continue to be working, but . . . Hope this helps, Ryo -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages exim depends on: ii cron3.0pl1-94management of regular background p ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdb3 3.2.9-25 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [ru ii libident0.22-3 simple RFC1413 client library - ru ii libldap22.1.30-13+b1 OpenLDAP libraries ii libpam0g0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpcre36.4-2Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi Versions of packages exim recommends: ii netbase 4.25 Basic TCP/IP networking system -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
