> On 18 Feb 2019, at 13.12, Peter Nabbefeld via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Am 18.02.19 um 11:34 schrieb Sami Ketola:
>> 
>>> On 18 Feb 2019, at 12.15, Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbef...@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Am 17.02.19 um 18:27 schrieb Sami Ketola:
>>>> Easy way is to use just one config file. That is what I have done for 
>>>> years.
>>>> 
>>>> Sami
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> I'd preferred that, too, but it seems the 'modern' way - and I don't want 
>>> to get any possible configuration issues on updates, so I won't change this.
>> 
>> If your distribution modifies config files on updates then it's time to 
>> switch to another distribution.
>> 
>> Sami
> Not the config files itself. But IIRC, the "main" config files have been 
> changed in distros when the new style was introduced. Usually the main file 
> wasn't overwritten, but a new file with an extension like "new" had been 
> added.

Shame on those distros.

However even if you do use such lousy distro, you can work around it by just 
having ONE config file in the conf.d folder. That would then be the real config 
file.

> 
> However, my laptop installation isn't as old, and every application I install 
> already has the new style, and of course it has it pros when You get used to 
> the structure of the config file, but if You're new to some application, You 
> also have to learn about this structure for every new one ...

I wish that the split config default would have never been introduced. It's a 
nightmare.

Sami

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