Bug#328905: marked as done (exim4-config: Allow selection of input files for update-exim4.conf)

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From: Ted Percival <ted at midg3t.net>
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Subject: exim4-config: Allow selection of input files for update-exim4.conf
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Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.50-8
Severity: wishlist

It would be nice if one could select the input files
(update-exim4.conf.conf and exim4.conf.template) used by the
update-exim4.conf script. This is of interest because of dual-daemon
setups, such as with Mailscanner. One daemon to process incoming mail
into one queue, and another daemon to deliver it from a different queue
after being scanned.

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.50 #1 built 27-May-2005 08:08:19
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December  3, 2003)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.63             Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.4.30.13        Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and

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From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de>
To: Ted Percival <ted at midg3t.net>, 328905-done at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#328905: exim4-config: Allow selection of input files for update-exim4.conf
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 03:11:51PM +1000, Ted Percival wrote:
> It would be nice if one could select the input files
> (update-exim4.conf.conf and exim4.conf.template) used by the
> update-exim4.conf script.

This is already possible, see the -d, or --confdir option to
update-exim4.conf.

> This is of interest because of dual-daemon
> setups, such as with Mailscanner. One daemon to process incoming mail
> into one queue, and another daemon to deliver it from a different queue
> after being scanned.

I am not too particularly fond of dual-daemon setups running from
different configuration files. As far as I know, there are examples
out there that allow mailscanner setups with a single daemon, using
run-time string expansion to achieve the different behavior, or
examples which allow both daemons to run from the same config file,
with the second one being started with -DFOO on the command line,
activating string expansion in the configuration file.

Since what you want is already possible in many different ways, I am
closing this bug.

Greetings
Marc

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