Bug#285196: exim4-config: dc_localdelivery is not set on package upgrade

[Jools Smyth]

Package: exim4-config Version: 4.34-9 Severity: normal


I upgraded to 4.34-9 from 4.34-8. I noticed the new debconf option for 
localdelivery. However I was not prompted to configure this, and it was 
not added to update-exim4.conf.conf. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config did 
not ask for me to choose this option either. I assumed the update script 
would take care of things, but mail started going straight to spool 
instead of my previous configuration of LOCAL_DELIVERY=maildir_home

I have now manually added dc_localdelivery='maildir_home' to 
update-exim4.conf.conf which has solved the problem.

The naming in update-exim4.conf.conf seems to be a little unordered too. 
some options with a underscore separating words and others not. (I 
initially assumed dc_local_delivery would be correct)

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.34 #1 built 08-Dec-2004 17:56:44
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 3.2.9: (May 26, 2004)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'

dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
dc_other_hostnames='exotica.org.uk'
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='192.168.1.0/24'
dc_smarthost=''
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'
mailname:oxfordinspire.co.uk

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: hppa (parisc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-pa1
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.59         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.4.41       Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                      1:4.0.3-30.4 Change and administer password and

-- debconf information excluded