Bug#340002: exim4-base: cron job incorreectly uses hardcoded spool directory

[Alex]

On Sunday 20 November 2005 11:26, Marc Haber wrote:
> tags #340002 confirmed
> thanks
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 10:14:06AM +0100, Alex Hermann wrote:
> > The file /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base ahrdcodes the spool directory
> > as /var/spool/exim4. However, the spool directory is configurable
> > in the configuration file (directive: spool_directory or SPOOLDIR).
> > I think the cron-job should use the directory specified in the
> > configuration file(s).
>
> What do you think about the attached patch?

Except for a typo, it works perfectly. Thanks.


Alex.

--- debian/exim4-base.cron.daily.old      2005-11-20 15:29:21.000000000 +0100
+++ debian/exim4-base.cron.daily  2005-11-20 15:28:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   exit 0
 fi

-SPOOLDIR="$(exim -bP spool_directory | sed 's/.*=[[:space:]]\(.*\)/\1/')"
+SPOOLDIR="$(exim4 -bP spool_directory | sed 's/.*=[[:space:]]\(.*\)/\1/')"
 # Uncomment the following lines to get daily e-mail reports
 #if [ -x /usr/sbin/eximstats ]; then
 #  eximstats </var/log/exim4/mainlog \