Exim on Debian

[LawsHosting]

Executing /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/custombuild/admin/build exim..
(Reading database ... 32717 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing exim (4.85-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package da-exim.
Preparing to unpack da-exim_1.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking da-exim (1.0) ...
Setting up da-exim (1.0) ...
Found /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/exim-4.94.tar.gz
Extracting ...
Done.

Is this some new thing? CB also invoked apt-get....

 

[smtalk]

Is this some new thing? CB also invoked apt-get....

No, it is not new. CustomBuild is managing exim there.

 

[LawsHosting]

Never noticed any .deb stuff before with exim compile (unless I'm going mad), was curious....

 

[smtalk]

Never noticed any .deb stuff before with exim compile (unless I'm going mad), was curious....

That one is just a dummy package so that debian would know exim is installed. It does not provide any exim related files. It’s been this way for at least a year.