Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:50:04AM -0400, Mike Ginou wrote:
> > Using complex dsearch expressions in what has always been definied as
> > "a list of domains" is not standard functionality. If you want to use
> > the upstream exim feature, use it in the exim configuration, not in
> > the update-exim4.conf configuration.
> 
> Could you PLEASE add a warning when upgrading?

The warning is there. /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/NEWS.Debian.gz,
mandatory to read when upgrading.

> Better yet, since there are a fairly limited number of exim list search
> types, perhaps they could be detected and those semi colons could be
> left alone?

Send a (tested) patch.

Greetings
Marc

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