would it be possible to choose username of exim via debconf?

Walter Tautz wtautz@cs.uwaterloo.ca
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:44:15 -0400 (EDT)



On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Marc Haber wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 12:48:34PM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote:
> > See subject. Before you jump to down my throat I do understand the
> > reasons Debian-exim was used and accept it but it seems not unreasonable
> > to allow a sysadmin to choose an alternate name?
>
> That would mean adding a _lot_ of complexity to the packages'
> maintainer scripts. Please take a look at them, decide whether it is a
> good idea to make them even more complex, and if you still think that
> would be a good idea, provide a patch for sarge+1.

Initial eximination suggests you're right :-(

What files should I edit to simply pick a different name ( I plan to use
a large epoch to create my own version of the packages). I notice
there are the following files:
EDITME.exim4-light.diff
exim-gencert
exim4-base.NEWS
exim4-base.cron.daily
exim4-base.logrotate
exim4-base.postinst
exim4-config.postinst
exim4-config.postrm

Most seem obvious but EDITME stuff?
I suspect I can edit it too and replace Debian-exim with whatever I want?
>
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> Marc
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