On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 01:11:00PM -0400, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> > On May 26, 2018, at 12:59 PM, /dev/rob0 <r...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> >> Man postconf:
> >>       -d     Print main.cf default parameter settings instead of
> >>              actual settings.  Specify  -df to fold long lines
> >>              for human readability (Postfix 2.9 and later).
> > 
> > Perhaps this could be reworded to be less confusing?  Since "-d" 
> > doesn't look at main.cf, s/main.cf/"Postfix internal"/?
> 
> This attempts to distinguish between "main.cf" parameters and
> "master.cf" service definitions.  It might be slightly clearer
> as:
> 
>     Print the compiled-in default main.cf parameter settings ...
> 
> but we're assuming that the confused users have looked at the
> postconf(1) manpage.  And most of the time that's probably not
> the case...

I guessed that at least in this case, the OP had looked there, 
otherwise how did he "know" to use "-d"?
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