Bug#573775: closed by Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> (Re: Bug#573775: Autogenerated config does not understand pipes in /etc/aliases)

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2010-03-14 Ian Jackson <ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> reopen 573775
> severity 573775 wishlist
> thanks

> > It is a feature, it is documented ;-)
> > file:///usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.html#id2849223

> Uhhhh, right.

> I see that README.Debian says:

>   If you insist on using /etc/aliases in the traditional way, you will
>   need to activate the respective functions by setting the transport
>   options on the system_aliases router appropriately. Macros are defined
>   to make this easier. See
>   /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/400_exim4-config_system_aliases  for
>   information about which macros are available. You might find the
>   address_file, address_pipe and/or address_directory transports that
>   are used for the userforward router helpful in writing your own
>   transports for use in the system_aliases router.

> Can I request that a debconf question be introduced (low priority if
> you must) to make this more automatic ?  This lack-of-feature is very
> surprising to traditional Unix administrators and it would be nice to
> make it easy to turn on.

> If you agree I may see if I can provide a patch.
[...]

Hello,
I would not like to have a debconf question for this, no. The debconf
stuff does not come for free, there is non-neglibable cost in
maintainance and and complexity. Editing a config file is straight
forward enough.

cu andreas