Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2007-01-16 Thread Jeremy Malcolm
Wouldn't it be possible to check that there is no lsearch or dsearch (etc) in front of the ; before replacing it with :? I agree with the others that this is a very common configuration for virtual domains. Come release date, I'm sure this will bite a lot of people. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-11-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:48:13PM +0100, Binzberger Viktor wrote: Your 'fix' just caused us a few hours of clueless debugging. Sorry about that. Using lsearch;/etc/mail/domains in dc_other_domains is a very common method of implementing simple virtual domains. It was never supported. The

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-31 Thread Binzberger Viktor
Marc, Your 'fix' just caused us a few hours of clueless debugging. Using lsearch;/etc/mail/domains in dc_other_domains is a very common method of implementing simple virtual domains. Now, with your update, our existing setup broke, and it just simply didn't occur to us, that the update

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
severity #392831 important # a workaround is available: use a colon-separated list thanks On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:42:48PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:34:50PM +0200, Alexandre Fayolle wrote: But it is probably better to have both lists use the same separator. If

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:09:42AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: Domain *names* cannot, exim domain *lists* can. dc_other_hostnames='dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom:m26s25.vlinux.de' That never worked since we are prepending @:localhost: So our documentation is wrong. Greetings Marc --

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:42:48PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:34:50PM +0200, Alexandre Fayolle wrote: But it is probably better to have both lists use the same separator. If exim4 expects colons, the config

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:37:26AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:09:42AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: Domain *names* cannot, exim domain *lists* can. dc_other_hostnames='dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom:m26s25.vlinux.de'

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:09:42AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: Domain *names* cannot, exim domain *lists* can. dc_other_hostnames='dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom:m26s25.vlinux.de' That never worked since we are prepending @:localhost: [...]

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:37:26AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:09:42AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: Domain *names* cannot, exim domain *lists* can.

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:05:09AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using constructs that complex via debconf, documenting that only plain lists, semicolon separated, are allowed and that

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:05:09AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using constructs that complex via debconf, documenting that only plain

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Metzler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061014 02:57]: To spare people from doubling the colons in IP address lists, exim now allows selection of other separator characters. The semicolon as separator for IP address lists was introduced a few months ago. I think it is a good idea to be

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:57:17AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:05:09AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-13 Thread Alexandre Fayolle
Package: exim4-config Version: 4.63-5 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Hi, I'm having to reinstall my mail server (HD died on the previous one), and the debconf questions in exim4-config caused me to fill in wrong values, which broke the mail server. I'm using an RC

Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

2006-10-13 Thread Marc Haber
tags #392831 confirmed thanks On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:34:50PM +0200, Alexandre Fayolle wrote: Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable I don't think the package gets entirely unuseable, but I'll leave the severits as-is. I'm having to reinstall my mail server (HD died on