Package: exim4-config Version: 4.50-4 Severity: normal The command 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' restarts exim4 after asking me for my new configuration (it displays "Restarting MTA: exim4"). Looking in the logs and with ps aux, I see that a new exim4 process is running. However, it uses the old config from _before_ I ran dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. So effectively, there is a time-delay of exactly one configuration, i.e. the configuration that is used by the running exim4 is not the most recent but one version older. However, the file /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated does contain the new config. So this is quite confusing if you try to debug your configuration. Doing an additional invoke-rc.d exim4 restart loads the new config; however since the 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' already does that one would not expect that this is necessary.
If I use the other method of configuring (editing /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf by hand, then running update-exim4.conf, then issuing invoke-rc.d exim4 restart) the new config is applied immediately. I do not know whether this is a bug in exim4 or in exim4-config, but I suspect it is in exim4-config. -- Package-specific info: Exim version 4.50 #1 built 02-Mar-2005 07:41:23 Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004 Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December 3, 2003) Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp Fixed never_users: 0 Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated # /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf # # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost' dc_other_hostnames='jorismooij.nl' dc_local_interfaces='' dc_readhost='' dc_relay_domains='' dc_minimaldns='false' dc_relay_nets='' dc_smarthost='mail.planet.nl' CFILEMODE='644' dc_use_split_config='false' dc_hide_mailname='false' dc_mailname_in_oh='true' mailname:jorismooij.nl -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages exim4-config depends on: ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and -- debconf information: exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate: false * exim4/dc_smarthost: mail.planet.nl * exim4/dc_relay_domains: * exim4/dc_relay_nets: * exim4/mailname: jorismooij.nl * exim4/dc_local_interfaces: * exim4/dc_minimaldns: false exim4/exim3_upgrade: true * exim4/dc_other_hostnames: jorismooij.nl * exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail * exim4/no_config: true * exim4/hide_mailname: false * exim4/dc_postmaster: jorism exim4/dc_readhost: * exim4/use_split_config: false exim4/exim4-config-title: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]