Bug#400292: exim4-config: Should remove /etc/mailname if created automatically

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 12:55:07PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:46:49AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > > From my reading of policy 11.6 what I'm suggesting is perfectly compatible
> > > (if implemented properly, which might be tricky) with having a shared
> > > configuration file across mail-transport-agents in Debian.
> > 
> > The point is that it is not just shared among MTAs and packages
> > depending on MTAs.
> 
> I see. Could (maybe) exim4-config print out (when being purged) say something
> along the lines of "Not removing /etc/mailname as it is a shared
> configuration file." if he generated the file through postinst.

I am not sure whether it is a good idea to add detection code for
every possible kind of breakage which might occur when running exim4
on Debian.

> ¿Maybe it would be wise also to add a check in exim4's init.d script if 
> he finds a botched /etc/mailname?

I don't think so as this might be opening a can of worms.

Anyway, this IMO would belong into update-exim4.conf, post-etch. If we
were willing to address this breakage.

Greetings
Marc

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