Bug#1077034: exim4-daemon-light: reload breaking change

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2024-07-25 Slavko <linux at slavino.sk> wrote:
> Package: exim4-daemon-light
> Version: 4.98-1
> Severity: normal

> After introducing the systemd service file, the reload command has different
> behaviour than previously. Previously reload (re)generated new config and
> then reloads daemon. Now just daemon reload happens, thus it doesn't reflects
> config changes (i use split config).

> I use this in override snippet in exim4.service.d/override.conf to revert
> previous behaviour:

> [Service]
> ExecReload=
> ExecReload=/usr/sbin/update-exim4.conf $UPEX4OPTS ; \
>            /bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/exim4 -bP >/dev/null" ; \
>            kill -HUP $MAINPID
[...]

Thank you!

I think the second command is superfluous since update-exim4.conf
already uses "exim -bV" to check for syntax errors, I don't think -bP
improves on that.
cu Andreas
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