Bug#430391: exim4-config: Phantom "non-ascii characters" in update-exim4.conf.conf

[Marc Haber]

found #430391 4.67-4
tags #430391 confirmed pending
thanks

On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 05:25:22AM -0400, Lee Cremeans wrote:
> That would be the problem; there's no "<;" *to* remove.
> 
> Anyway, I did some extra digging, and it turns out the real problem is 
> that the new update-exim4.conf is a bit too aggressive in checking for 
> non-ASCII characters. It would seem Exim itself needs the "<; " there in 
> the generated config file, so update-exim4.conf puts it in, but 
> check_ascii_pipe doesn't like seeing the < character and changes it to 
> _, which makes Exim angry.
> 
> I'm not sure what the best way to fix this would be (changing 
> check_ascii_pipe so it recognises < as OK, or removing the call to 
> check_ascii_pipe from the relevant parts of update-exim4.conf); I did 
> the latter here and it seems to work.

Your analysis is correct. I apologize. Andreas has already committed a
fix that allows <.

Greetings
Marc

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