Bug#446367: closed by Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> (Re: Bug#446367: exim4 reads /etc/exim4/exim4.conf instead of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated)

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2007-10-13 Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.org> wrote:
> On 2007-10-12 17:18:03 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> This is not a bug, it is a documented feature.

>> | On the other hand if you don’t want to manage exim4.conf with debconf
>> | install your own handcrafted  version  as  /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.
>> | Exim will use this file if it exists and ignore the autogenerated one.

> OK, I didn't see that. It would be more visible if the file was listed
> in the FILES section (since it is taken into account).

Hello,
Done in SVN.

> Moreover, if one types 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config', meaning that
> one uses debconf, shouldn't this file be renamed or shouldn't one get
> a warning?

Since it is meant to be a "shut up debconf for good without *any*
further hazzle" solution I do not think we should do that.

cu andreas

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