Re: [exim] Debian Problem or Generic Exim Problem?

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 20:19, exim@??? wrote:
> Where does a freshly installed Exim4 package check to see whether it
> is being installed in place over a previously existing Exim4 installation?

Depends how you removed the previous installation (if at all).

If you "purge" a package ("dpkg --purge" or by pressing the underscore
key in dselect or aptitude), then all configuration files and data is
removed as well.

If you just "remove" it ("dpkg --remove" or by pressing the minus key in
dselect or aptitude), then the package itself is removed, but
configuration files and debconf values are kept intact.

So you want to:
# dpkg --purge exim4 exim4-daemon-light exim4-config exim4-base

then reinstall. (Replace "-light" with "-heavy" if that's what you are
using).

A better alternative for reconfiguring Exim may be to run:
# dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low exim4-config