Marc Haber writes ("Re: Bug#295391: exim4 configuration generator is on drugs"): > What is your suggestion to handle these files, which are used to build > /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template at package build time and might be used > on the target system to re-generate the template on user's request, > instead?
I suggest that most of the the complexity in templating system be thrown away. > > and when I say > > echo | exim iwj > > it does this > > it should give a "command not found", as the binary is exim4, and is > not in a normal user's path. I didn't cut-and-paste that, I'm afraid, so I must have said `exim4'. Exim 3 was never installed on this machine. > > 2005-02-15 15:11:31 1D14MM-0007S9-DJ <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=iwj P=local > > S=261 > > 2005-02-15 15:11:31 1D14MM-0007S9-DJ == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=hub_user defer > > (-17): error in redirect data: domain missing or malformed in "iwj@" > > What does exim -d -bt iwj say? On my reference box, iwj gets qualified > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and later an "Unrouteable address". I have now deinstalled exim and replaced it with smail, so I'm afraid I can't say. > Well, Tony is not known for his high opinion about the Debian exim 4 > packages. I have, however, not received a single word of constructive > criticism from him ever, and I doubt that he ever took a closer look > at Debian policy or at the Debian exim4 packages. Are you going to claim that I'm ignorant of Debian policy or of mail configuration ? I _am_ currently largely ignorant of the Debian exim4 packages, but what I've seen does not impress me. > Rest assured that the current debconf configuration scheme has been > pretty extensively thought out, and we offer numerous ways to turn all > the magic off and replace the magic with a more old-fashioned > approach. We are, however, open to constructive criticism. I think throwing it away would be constructive. > I am happily awaiting your patches. If you're just going to curse > about our work without having suggestions how to do things better, > kindly jump into the next lake. I would be happy to update the old smailconfig script to make it generate exim configs (and use debconf for its questions) if I thought that my patch to throw away the template system would be accepted. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]