Bug#295391: exim4 configuration generator is on drugs

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2005-02-15 Ian Jackson <iwj@ncipher.com> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.34-10

> I tried to use the configuration generator and:

>  * I answered `no' to `Split configuration into small files?' but:
>     balvenie:~# find /etc/exim4 -type f | wc -l
>     39
>     balvenie:~#

<Quote>
 The Debian exim4 packages can either use a single monolithic file
 (/etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template) or about 40 small files in
 /etc/exim4/conf.d/ to generate the final configuration.
</unquote>
                       ^^^^^^^^
There is no claim on files being deleted, and as these are dpkg
conffiles we could not not do it anyway.

[snip, second problem.]

We'll need to doublecheck whether this applies to 4.4x, too.

> Tony Finch, one of Philip Hazel's colleagues, said this to me in IRC:
>  <Diziet> The exim4 configuration generator is COMPLETELY BARKING.
>  <fanf2> diziet: yes. shun.

> This abomination should be thrown away and rewritten to do as it
> promises, and not to generate broken configurations.

Thanks for your positive and encouraging mail.
               cu andreas
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