Add log_file_path supprt to update-exim4.conf

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Mon Dec 23 12:00:09 UTC 2013


On 2013-12-23 Peter Van Biesen <peter.vanbiesen at vaph.be> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Andreas Metzler <ametzler at bebt.de> wrote:
>> Any reason you don't simply use

>> echo ':syslog' >> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros

> I thought the main goal of the update-exim4.conf.conf is to isolate all
> configuration into that file, so one only needs to edit that and it would
> be kept through upgrades ( and possible syntax changes in the config files
> ). Is this not the case ?

update-exim4.conf.conf is for the minimal set of absolutely
necessary options. 

> Anyway, shouldn't it be :
> echo "log_file_path = :syslog" >> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros
[...]

You are right.

cu Andreas
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