Bug#439608: closed by Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (Re: Bug#439608: exim4-config barfs when suggested conffile changes ARE accepted (split file config))

[Cameron Dale]

On 8/26/07, Debian Bug Tracking System <owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> Please read /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/NEWS.Debian.gz for 4.67-2 and
> 4.67-4:
>
> |    update-exim4.conf looks for commented UPEX4CmacrosUPEX4C (which
> |    used to be the place marker in earlier 4.67-x versions) and barfs
> |    if it finds them anywhere in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template or
> |    recursively /etc/exim4/conf.d. This check - as a feature - also
> |    includes files that would normally be excluded by update-exim4.conf.

WTF is UPEX4C?

> You are therefore complaining about a documented feature.
> Additionally, please refer to the BTS if the "bug" you're going to
> report is already reported. This non-bug is. Multiple times.

Call it a feature if you want, it seems wrong to me. I accept all
changes and still it barfs saying I should have accepted all changes.

FWIW, I did scan the *84* open bugs for this and couldn't find it
reported. Perhaps you should leave one open tagged as will-not-fix in
the future?

Cameron