Single or multiple configuration files ?

[Jens Stavnstrup]

Andreas,

Thanks for your quick responce - and you are right, there was a
misunderstanding on my part. I expected some magic would create a
single /etc/exim4/exim4.conf file, similar to the nice and readable
config file in exim3.

I guess, I have to get accustomed to this slightly wierd setup.

Regards,

Jens

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Andreas Metzler wrote:

> On 2005-06-01 Jens Stavnstrup <js@ddre.dk> wrote:
> > I have recently installed Exim 4 - 4.50-6, and in the debconf questions I
> > can choose between one or a fragmented configuration. When I choose one it
> > looks as if something goes wrong, and I end up with a fragmented
> > configuration anyway.
> [...]
>
> Hello,
> I guess there is a misunderstanding:
>
> No matter whether you choose split config or non-split config there'll
> always be installed *both* /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and the tiny
> parts below /etc/exim4/conf.d/
>
> Quoting the respective question:
>  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.
>
> That is, the question selects which files are used as input to generate
> the final configuration, it does not change anything about the input
> files.
>
> And this is not going to change, as these ar dpkg-conffile which the
> maintainer may not touch.
>               hth, cu andreas
> --
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>

Regards,

Jens

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