exim4-config with debconf fails

[Eymen Alyaz]

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Hi all!

I'm trying to set up exim4 on my install-clients with debconf.
After installation exim4 does not send mails.
But when I run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config manually and enter
the configuration values, then I get a working exim4 config.
I wonder why my debconf answers differ from my settings while installing.
I have put the input/output of my configuration/log files down below.


In $fai/debconf/EXIM4 I have:

exim4-config    exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype  select  mail sent by
smarthost; no local mail
exim4-config    exim4/dc_local_interfaces       string  127.0.0.1
exim4-config    exim4/dc_minimaldns     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/dc_other_hostnames        string  melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/dc_postmaster     string  real-
exim4-config    exim4/dc_readhost       string  ins.uni-bonn.de
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_domains  string
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_nets     string
exim4-config    exim4/dc_smarthost      string  mail.ins.uni-bonn.de
exim4-config    exim4/exim3_upgrade     boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/hide_mailname     boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/mailname  string  melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/no_config boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/use_split_config  boolean false

After successfull installation output of debconf-get-selections|grep
exim4-config:

# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
exim4-config    exim4/dc_other_hostnames        string
melmac.wiss-staff:melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype  select  local delivery
only; not on a network
exim4-config    exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/no_config boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/hide_mailname     boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/dc_postmaster     string   real-
exim4-config    exim4/dc_smarthost      string   mail.ins.uni-bonn.de
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_domains  string
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_nets     string
exim4-config    exim4/mailname  string   melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/dc_readhost       string   ins.uni-bonn.de
# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
exim4-config    exim4/use_split_config  boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/dc_localdelivery  select  mbox format in /var/mail/
exim4-config    exim4/dc_local_interfaces       string   127.0.0.1
exim4-config    exim4/dc_minimaldns     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/exim3_upgrade     boolean true

Why is exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype not set to "mail sent by
smarthost; no local mail" ?

After running fai softupdate output of debconf-get-selections|grep
exim4-config:

# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
exim4-config    exim4/dc_other_hostnames        string   melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype  select   mail sent by
smarthost; no local mail
exim4-config    exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/no_config boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/hide_mailname     boolean true
exim4-config    exim4/dc_postmaster     string   real-
exim4-config    exim4/dc_smarthost      string   mail.ins.uni-bonn.de
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_domains  string
exim4-config    exim4/dc_relay_nets     string
exim4-config    exim4/mailname  string   melmac.wiss-staff
exim4-config    exim4/dc_readhost       string   ins.uni-bonn.de
# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
# Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package
exim4-config    exim4/use_split_config  boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/dc_localdelivery  select  mbox format in /var/mail/
exim4-config    exim4/dc_local_interfaces       string   127.0.0.1
exim4-config    exim4/dc_minimaldns     boolean false
exim4-config    exim4/exim3_upgrade     boolean true

These settings look okay, but still no mails send.
Mail send via command: mail -s "test" root at ins.uni-bonn.de" < mail
Output of /var/log/exim4/mainlog:

2008-05-12 16:35:32 1JvZ7k-0001yw-3F <= root at ETC_MAILNAME U=root P=local
S=43927
2008-05-12 16:35:32 1JvZ7k-0001yw-3F ** root at etc_mailname: Unrouteable
address
2008-05-12 16:35:32 1JvZ7k-0001yy-4a Error while reading message with no
usable sender address (R=1JvZ7k-0001yw-3F): at least one
2008-05-12 16:35:32 1JvZ7k-0001yw-3F Process failed (1) when writing
error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)

After running manually debconf-reconfigure exim4-config,
exim4 works as expected, sends mail. Same output for debconf database,
like after running fai softupdate.


Regards,
Eymen Alyaz
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