During installation of exim4-base, there is an attempt to execute a non-executable temporary file:
Can't exec "/tmp/exim4-base.config.119161": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.14/IPC/Open3.pm line 186.
open2: exec of /tmp/exim4-base.config.119161 configure 4.76-3ubuntu3.1 failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 59
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: exim4-base 4.76-3ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 27 10:32:08 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110720.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: exim4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (182 days ago)
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I am unable to reproduce this problem on a fresh and updated 12.04 cloud instance. Based on the error message, it looks like this problem came out of debconf rather than from the exim4 package. Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.
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