On 2025/10/28 12:45 PM, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote:
I have been running the 4.99 release candidates until today when 4.99 was
released.
I compiled and installed it.
Whereas exim -bV says it's 4.99, the main log prints 4.98.2 and I am
wondering whether I am going bonkers.
wash@eu:~$ which exim
/usr/sbin/exim
wash@eu:~$ /usr/sbin/exim -bV
Exim version 4.99 #2 built 28-Oct-2025 15:20:27
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2018
(c) The Exim Maintainers and contributors in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file, 2007 -
2025
wash@eu:~$ tail -f /var/log/exim4/main.log
2025-10-28 15:30:34 cwd=/ 3 args: /usr/sbin/exim4 -bdf -q30m
2025-10-28 15:30:34 exim 4.98.2 daemon started: pid=146999, -q30m,
listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4) port 587 (IPv4)
2025-10-28 15:30:34 cwd=/var/spool/exim4 2 args: /usr/sbin/exim4 -q
2025-10-28 15:30:34 Start queue run: pid=147002
2025-10-28 15:30:34 End queue run: pid=147002
The same variable is used for both of those outputs. I suspect you're
not running the binary you think you are.
--
Cheers,
Jeremy
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