[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#355187: fetchmail failed to upgrade with empty /etc/fetchmailrc

[Gonéri Le Bouder]

Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.3.2-2
Severity: important

Hi,
My /etc/fetchmailrc is empty :

set daemon 180
set postmaster "goneri"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties ""
#poll pop.xxx.fr with proto POP3 timeout 100
#       user 'xxx' there with password 'xxx' is
#       'goneri' here
#poll pop.xxx.fr with proto POP3 timeout 100
#       user 'xxx' there with password 'xxx' is 'goneri'
#       here
#poll pop.xxx.fr with proto POP3 timeout 100
#       user 'xxx' there with password 'xxx' is
#       'goneri' here
#poll pop.xxx.fr with proto POP3 timeout 100
#       user 'goneri' there with password 'xxx' is 'goneri' here


But in /etc/default/fetchmail, START_DAEMON=yes
I know, it a bite stupid to stard a daemon for nothing :).

When trying to upgrade fetchmail i get:
gloria:/home/goneri# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up fetchmail (6.3.2-2) ...
Starting mail retrieval agent: fetchmailfetchmail: no mailservers have
been specified.
 (failed).
dpkg: error processing fetchmail (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fetchmail
gloria:/home/goneri# /etc/init.d/fetchmail start
Starting mail retrieval agent: fetchmailfetchmail: no mailservers
 have been specified.
 (failed).

IMO, in this case, fetchmail just have to silently exit.


Cheers,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-sparc64-smp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages fetchmail depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.80       Add and remove users and groups
ii  debianutils                   2.15.2     Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  gettext                       0.14.5-2   GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8a-7   SSL shared libraries

Versions of packages fetchmail recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20050804   Common CA Certificates PEM files

-- no debconf information