Bug#988301: exim :include: not working after jessie

[Andreas Metzler]

Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2751

On 2021-05-10 Josip Rodin <joy at debbugs.entuzijast.net> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.89-2+deb9u8

> Hi,

> After an upgrade to stretch, and likewise buster, the :include:
> functionality of the redirect router seems to be broken.

> I have include_directory set to /etc/exim4, and a subdirectory with
> files containing alias content, an an aliases file containing e.g.:

> priprema: :include:/etc/exim4/dynaliases/priprema

> This worked perfectly up to jessie, but after the upgrade, deliveries
> started choking with messages like:
[...]

Hello Josip,

I have reproduced the issue on sid and have forwarded it upstream. The
breakage seems to be with the include_directory setting, dropping lets
the :include: work.

cu Andreas
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