MailScanner 4.33.3-2 on Debian

[Matthias Klose]

Alex Pimperton writes:
> Hi
>
> This morning I tried to update my MailScanner, running on Debian Unstable,
> to 4.33.3-2 using apt.
>
> When I try to start MailScanner after the upgrade I get several errors
> relating to permissions on directories such as /var/run/MailScanner, saying
> that the directory was owned by mail and not Debian-Exim.
>
> After fixing the permissions on the directories I tried to start MailScanner
> again but nothing happens.
>
> I get the usual:
>
> Starting mail spam/virus scanner: MailScanner.
>
> ...and then nothing. No entries in syslog, and mailscanner fails to start.
>
> Turning on debug for both mailscanner and spamassassin fails to show
> anything in the logs.

this is certainly a bug in mailscanner. it doesn't print the error
messages about incorrect dependencies to syslog.

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