Bug#985997: exim4: possible formatting bug: exim4 creates file with %s in file name

jgh at exim.org jgh at exim.org
Sat Mar 27 16:50:04 GMT 2021


On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:24:44 +0200 Vincas Dargis <vindrg at gmail.com> wrote:> I've noticed that file has `%s` in it's file name. It seems like a
> formatting bug.
> 
> After allowing this write (and also writing
> `/var/spool/exim4/gnutls-params-2048` later), exim4 seems to work
> normally.
> 
> %s.X0JzJon generated file has "-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----" in it's
> %first line.

It's a slightly bogus filename, but only in that it gives the
appearance of a possible bug.  There are no operational problems
expected due to the choice of name.

Thanks for pointing it out; a future release will use a better name.
-- 
Jeremy          (Exim project maintainer)



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