Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

[Marc Haber]

severity #392831 important
# a workaround is available: use a colon-separated list
thanks

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:42:48PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:34:50PM +0200, Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> >  But it is probably better to have both lists use the same separator.
> >  If exim4 expects colons, the config script could sed s/;/:/ that line
> >  before writing it in the update-exim4.conf.conf file. 
> 
> The actual fix will be a little harder, since older installs might
> actually still use a colon-separated list. We need to detect whether
> semicolons or colons were used as separator and generate the
> appropriately correct replacement value.

Actually, your suggested fix is fine. Domain names can neither contain
colons nor semicolons, so we can safely replace and pass colon
separated lists to exim regardless of what is entered. It's the most
easy way.

Sorry for not seeing this last night.

Greetings
Marc

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