Bug#766293: exim4: dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config: question about root/postmaster user not asked any more

[Teo Tei]

I see.

> I agree that this is not pretty, but I don't have an idea about how to
> solve this dilemma.
>
> Workaround is to edit /etc/aliases with an editor.

What about this simple idea then:
- at the time when the check is done, if the file exists, instead of
silently skipping the question, show a notice saying that /etc/aliases
already exists and suggest how to edit it in order to change
postmaster/root settings.

2014-10-22 8:40 GMT+02:00 Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de>:

> Hi,
>
> thanks for your bug report.
>
> The question about root/postmaster is only asked if /etc/aliases does
> not exist. I guess this is for historical reasons. /etc/aliases is not
> a conffile belonging to exim, so we can create it if it does not
> exist, but must not mess with it once it exists because it is not our
> conffile.
>
> I agree that this is not pretty, but I don't have an idea about how to
> solve this dilemma.
>
> Workaround is to edit /etc/aliases with an editor.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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