From: Brian McKee on

On 3-May-08, at 2:07 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote:

> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:28:33 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote:
>>
>> May I ask how to resolve errors (sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned
>> error code 1) about
>>
>> exim4-daemon-light
>> at
>> exim4
>> bsd-mailx
>> mailx
>>
>> as the result of upgrading i386 from etch to lenny. Can't find which
>> program is affected (mail from gnome, ssh, in situ compiled graphic
>> programs, programs driven by wine, all OK).
>
> We need to see the complete error message; the part that you posted
> does
> not give us any clue as to why dpkg failed.
>
> Run "apt-get install -f" or "aptitude install -f" (whichever you
> prefer)
> and post the full output that you get.

FWIW, I had trouble on the weekend going from etch to lenny as well.
Some of it was self-inflicted, so when I had this problem I assumed
it was as well.

There was an error when it tried to configure exim4-daemon-light

My 'fix' was aptitude install postfix :-) If I'd have known it
wasn't my fault I'd have filed a bug.

Brian