While upgrading my system this morning it froze and I had to reboot for
the first time in a long time. (I keep current with testing on a daily
basis). Everything seemed normal until I noticed that I was not
receiving any mail. ''ps ax | grep exim'' revealed that exim was
not
running. When I ran ''/etc/init.d/exim4 start'' manually I got
the error
message:
Restarting MTA:exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments
What is going on? I certainly haven''t edited /etc/init.d/exim4. Running
''exim4 -bd'' at least gets it running but I shouldn''t
have to do that and
I know I''ve left out one or more arguments. ''apt-cache
policy'' gives:
$ apt-cache policy exim4-base exim4-daemon-heavy eximon4
exim4-base:
Installed: 4.69-2+b1
Candidate: 4.69-2+b1
Version table:
4.69-5+b1 0
200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 4.69-2+b1 0
990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
exim4-daemon-heavy:
Installed: 4.69-2+b1
Candidate: 4.69-2+b1
Version table:
4.69-5+b1 0
200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 4.69-2+b1 0
990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
eximon4:
Installed: 4.69-2+b1
Candidate: 4.69-2+b1
Version table:
4.69-5+b1 0
200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 4.69-2+b1 0
990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Should I upgrade to the unstable version? How can I determine what the
command line arguments that init.d is using are so I can figure out
what''s incompatible?
--
"I heartily accept the motto, ?That government is best which governs
least?; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and
systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also
believe -- ?that government is best which governs not at all?; and
when men are prepared for it, that is the kind of government which
they will have." -- Henry David Thoreau
Rick Pasotto rick at niof.net http://www.niof.net
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:13:38PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:> While upgrading my system this morning it froze and I had to reboot for > the first time in a long time. (I keep current with testing on a daily > basis). Everything seemed normal until I noticed that I was not > receiving any mail. ''ps ax | grep exim'' revealed that exim was not > running. When I ran ''/etc/init.d/exim4 start'' manually I got the error > message: > > Restarting MTA:exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments > > What is going on? I certainly haven''t edited /etc/init.d/exim4. Running > ''exim4 -bd'' at least gets it running but I shouldn''t have to do that and > I know I''ve left out one or more arguments. ''apt-cache policy'' gives: > > $ apt-cache policy exim4-base exim4-daemon-heavy eximon4 > exim4-base: > Installed: 4.69-2+b1 > Candidate: 4.69-2+b1 > Version table: > 4.69-5+b1 0 > 200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > *** 4.69-2+b1 0 > 990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > exim4-daemon-heavy: > Installed: 4.69-2+b1 > Candidate: 4.69-2+b1 > Version table: > 4.69-5+b1 0 > 200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > *** 4.69-2+b1 0 > 990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > eximon4: > Installed: 4.69-2+b1 > Candidate: 4.69-2+b1 > Version table: > 4.69-5+b1 0 > 200 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > *** 4.69-2+b1 0 > 990 ftp://debian.uchicago.edu testing/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > Should I upgrade to the unstable version? How can I determine what the > command line arguments that init.d is using are so I can figure out > what''s incompatible?Just saw Sebastian Tennant''s reply in the ''exim4 issues'' thread. That did fix it but I really can''t see how. All those variables are empty! -- "No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic - John Kenneth Galbraith Rick Pasotto rick at niof.net http://www.niof.net
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:13:38PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:> What is going on?This is the eight independent time this has been reported. Please read this list and the BTS before asking people to waste their time in debugging. 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 3221 2323190