Your message dated Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:27:32 +0200
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Re: Bug#642992: exim -v is not as described in the manual page
has caused the Debian Bug report #642992,
regarding exim -v is not as described in the manual page
to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [email protected]
immediately.)
--
642992: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642992
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact [email protected] with problems
--- Begin Message ---
Package: exim4-daemon-light
Version: 4.76-2
severity: normal
Tags: patch
File: /usr/share/man/man8/exim4.8.gz
$ /usr/sbin/exim -v
Exim is a Mail Transfer Agent. It is normally called by Mail User Agents,
not directly from a shell command line. Options and/or arguments control
what it does when called. For a list of options, see the Exim documentation.
That output is not consistent with the manual page.
--- exim4.8 2011-09-26 13:39:45.000000000 +0300
+++ exim4.8.mod 2011-09-26 13:46:51.000000000 +0300
@@ -1545,12 +1545,7 @@
.TP 10
\fB\-v\fP
This option causes Exim to write information to the standard error stream,
-describing what it is doing. In particular, it shows the log lines for
-receiving and delivering a message, and if an SMTP connection is made, the SMTP
-dialogue is shown. Some of the log lines shown may not actually be written to
-the log if the setting of \fBlog_selector\fP discards them. Any relevant
-selectors are shown with each log line. If none are shown, the logging is
-unconditional.
+describing shortly and generaly what it is all about.
.TP 10
\fB\-x\fP
AIX uses \fB\-x\fP for a private purpose ("mail from a local mail program has
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On 2011-09-26 Regid Ichira <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: exim4-daemon-light
> Version: 4.76-2
> severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> File: /usr/share/man/man8/exim4.8.gz
> $ /usr/sbin/exim -v
> Exim is a Mail Transfer Agent. It is normally called by Mail User Agents,
> not directly from a shell command line. Options and/or arguments control
> what it does when called. For a list of options, see the Exim
> documentation.
> That output is not consistent with the manual page.
> --- exim4.8 2011-09-26 13:39:45.000000000 +0300
> +++ exim4.8.mod 2011-09-26 13:46:51.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1545,12 +1545,7 @@
> .TP 10
> \fB\-v\fP
> This option causes Exim to write information to the standard error stream,
> -describing what it is doing. In particular, it shows the log lines for
> -receiving and delivering a message, and if an SMTP connection is made, the
> SMTP
> -dialogue is shown. Some of the log lines shown may not actually be written to
> -the log if the setting of \fBlog_selector\fP discards them. Any relevant
> -selectors are shown with each log line. If none are shown, the logging is
> -unconditional.
> +describing shortly and generaly what it is all about.
[...]
-v adds verbose info. Compare
-------------------------------------
ametzler@argenau:~$ echo foo | /usr/sbin/exim -oem ametzler@localhost
ametzler@argenau:~$ echo foo | /usr/sbin/exim -v -oem ametzler@localhost
LOG: MAIN
<= [email protected] U=ametzler P=local S=340
ametzler@argenau:~$ delivering 1R8EsR-0000pB-5O
R: system_aliases for ametzler@localhost
R: userforward for ametzler@localhost
R: procmail for ametzler@localhost
R: maildrop for ametzler@localhost
R: lowuid_aliases for ametzler@localhost (UID 1001)
R: local_user for ametzler@localhost
T: appendfile for ametzler@localhost
LOG: MAIN
=> ametzler <ametzler@localhost> R=local_user T=mail_spool
LOG: MAIN
Completed
-------------------------------------
If exim is invoked without any commands or significant options it
complains about politely as quoted above. As exim does nothing
significantly if no options or arguments are given -v ("verbose
execution") adds nothing.
cu andreas
--- End Message ---
