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Subject:  Re: exim 4.54-1 and broken symlinks
Date:  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 20:02:46 +0100
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Krzysztof Duleba wrote:

>> Hum, I just installed the latest exim on a new machine and can't 
>> reproduce
>> what you describe. exim-config created
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 p-humblet sw 13 Dec  8 10:10 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> 
>> /usr/bin/exim*
>> (no .exe anywhere) , as one would expect from the line
>>     ln -s -f  /usr/bin/exim /usr/sbin/sendmail &&
>>
>> Could there be a problem with your ln?
>
> Yes, you're right, the problem is with ln, *.exe magic and exim using 
> symlink to a symlink. I also think that updating exim (setup.log shows 
> that I had exim-4.52-2 installed) could do some damage, I'm not sure 
> how, though. Anyway, it's nothing wrong with Cygwin exim package, as it 
> appears.

OK, now I know the reason. I forgot to reboot my computer after the update 
and then I ran exim-config. Things were messed up. Finally I rebooted, but 
it didn't help much and exim -bV still showed wrong version number (why?). 
Reinstalling exim fixed that, but didn't fix the broken symlink (I 
restored it to previous broken state earlier on).

I think there should be some check in the setup that warns *before* 
upgrading services that are running. Are there plans for such a feature?

Krzysztof Duleba 



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