On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:20:57AM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > On Monday 13 August 2001 11:36 pm, John Galt wrote: > > mkdir /etc/exim then rerun apt-get dist-upgrade... You won't have to > > re-download the 166M, BTW. > > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Phil Reardon wrote: > > >After apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade to testing, I got a successful > > >download of 166 MB. But during the install/config, I saw this message: > > > > > >mv: cannot create regjular file '/etc/exim/exim.conf' ; No such file or > > >directory. > > > .(stuff removed) > > Thanks, John: > > I tried creating the exim directory and even did a touch exim.conf there. > Then I did apt-get dist-upgrade again and it complained of unmet dependencies > and recommended apt-get -f install. I did that too, and then things > proceeded okay. I think I have Woody now!
This is also fixed in exim 3.32-1 in unstable, by the way. exim (3.32-1) unstable; urgency=low [...] * debian/preinst: create /etc/exim before moving exim.conf (Closes: #106659, #107657) [...] -- Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 8 Aug 2001 23:34:04 +0100 -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]