Bug#287581: exim4-config: Please split default ACLs into separate files

[Tor Slettnes]

On Dec 29, 2004, at 06:38, Marc Haber wrote:
> How about dropping your own custom-named ACLs into
> /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl, with instructions or even a script to change
> the "real" ACLs to call yours as a sub-ACL? That way, your changes to
> our conffiles would be minimal.

Well, in the most recent version, I actually provide instructions to 
run the "greylistd-setup-exim4" utility, which in turn works whether 
Exim 4 uses split configuration files or not.  (As well as an example 
for those who want to edit their Exim 4 configuration files by hand). 
Because this is performed by the user, not in maintainer scripts, it 
should be OK as far as the Policy goes.

> You'd have to convince Andreas to do so, but with exim4 frozen for
> sarge, we are quite careful with big changes to the package.

Yeah, I realize that.   I am actually hoping for something in the 
longer term - this would help not only me, but any package that needs 
to add items to the Exim 4 configuration (including, perhaps, the 
"exim4-daemon-heavy" package, if at some point it wanted to enable some 
of the Exiscan-ACL features by default).

Then again, this is just a wish.  Treat it as such.

-tor