package exim4 4.69-2 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[jordan]

Binary package hint: exim4

upgrade from 6.06 LTS to 8.04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 17 16:41:44 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: exim4 4.69-2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: exim4
Title: package exim4 4.69-2 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Uname: Linux 2.6.15-51-386 i686

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Here is the error:

Setting up exim4-config (4.69-2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/35_exim4-config_address_directory ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_maildir_home ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/02_exim4-config_options ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/01_exim4-config_listmacrosdefs ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/03_exim4-config_tlsoptions ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/150_exim4-config_hubbed_hosts ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/400_exim4-config_system_aliases ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/900_exim4-config_local_user ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/300_exim4-config_real_local ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/600_exim4-config_userforward ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/retry/30_exim4-config ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl/40_exim4-config_check_data ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl/30_exim4-config_check_rcpt ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/rewrite/31_exim4-config_rewriting ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/passwd.client ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim4 ...
/usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Usage: dpkg-statoverride [<option> ...] <command>

Commands:
  --add <owner> <group> <mode> <file>
                           add a new entry into the database.
  --remove <file> remove file from the database.
  --list [<glob-pattern>] list current overrides in the database.

Options:
  --admindir <directory> set the directory with the statoverride file.
  --update immediately update file permissions.
  --force force an action even if a sanity check fails.
  --quiet quiet operation, minimal output.
  --help show this help message.
  --version show the version.
dpkg: error processing exim4-config (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Michael Vogt wrote on 2008-04-28:

Does your /etc/group file contain a Debian-exim group? I was not able to reproduce this failure in a chroot upgrade test from dapper to hardy.

[Paul Bryan (pbryan)]

This bug can be reproduced if you have Debian-exim user in /etc/password, but do not have Debian-exim group in /etc/group. For this to occur, it must be removed manually from /etc/group, as groupdel will reject saying that it cannot remove user's primary group.

[Paul Bryan (pbryan)]

Err, /etc/passwd, not /etc/password.