Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:38:36 +0800, W B Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>Not sure how that 'template' is used, > > > http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.html#id2451738, > 2.1.4 "How does this work" > > >>but you want to verify what is in the file >>it *produces* (manually or by Debmagic), which is probably: >> >>/etc/exim4/exim4.conf > > > No, it is not. If /etc/exim4/exim4.conf exists, this is taken verbatim > as exim configuration, takes preference over all magic and is _never_ > touched by our packaging. > > If /etc/exim4/exim4.conf does not exist, exim takes > /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated as its configuration, and this > file is where our magic's output is written to. > > Greetings > Marc >
Thanks, I've read, and been further confused. Not to worry - I do that too! But we struggle on: - The cited work specifies an 'over-write' to a file that debconf will use to apply the new configuration when trigged by a restart... Your statement, above, implies an immunity to that sequence of events - granted specifically to ~/exim4.conf. What am I missing w/r ~/exim4.cong-template? - directly editing ~/exim4.conf-tempate will do nothing until the process that *uses* the template to create ~/exim4.conf is invoked? - if ~/exim4.conf already exists, then said process will (silently?) fail? (meaning it is a one-time shot, unless manual rm or mv is done? - ~/exim4.conf-template and ~/exim4.conf exist outside the realm of whatever ELSE Debmagically configures (all/some/no) Exim installations? - some, all, none, of the above, and/or else (what?) Clarify that - and other things - in the docs, and you might get more than 4 new 'seekers' of Debian-specific information in a given month [1]. ;-) Bill [1] To date on: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-exim4-users/2006-August/ -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
