Bug#420578: exim4-config killed my email-addresses file

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 07:24:40PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> I have got a feeling that there is a good reason why debhelper does
> not automatically flag symlinks as conffiles, I guess you'd end up
> with wrong configuration-file-changed prompts.

I also have that feeling. However, policy does not say that only plain
files are allowed as conffiles. I have filed a number of bugs against
the appropriate tools.

> I do not know why the symlink is there at all. Nothing in our
> configuration has been reading /etc/exim4/email-addresses since
> 4.43-3, it was added in 4.62-3. There probably was some discussion on
> IRC, but I cannot find anything in my email archives.

I don't remember as well.

> I would suggest dropping the symlink from the package instead of
> marking it as conffile.

I don't like that idea at all, but it seems to be by far the easiest
solution.

Greetings
Marc

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