Bug#1081253: closed by Andreas Metzler <ametzler at bebt.de> (Re: Bug#1081253: exim4-config: Upgrage exim4-config (4.96-15+deb12u5) reset dc_local_interfaces)

[Graeme Vetterlein]

Thanks for that. I'd suggest the man page for this is somewhat lacking 
in detail:


dc_local_interfaces
              List  of  IP addresses the Exim daemon should listen on. 
If this
              is left empty,  Exim  listens  on  all  interfaces.  Sets 
  macro
              MAIN_LOCAL_INTERFACES only if there is a non-empty value.



vs:

dc_local_interfaces
              List  of  IP addresses and port numbers the Exim daemon 
should listen on.

              of the form [<ip address>]:<portno>;[<ip 
address>]:<portno>;... **

              If this is explicitly set to empty 
(dc_local_interfaces='')  Exim  listens  on  all  interfaces.

              If this is not explicitly set, a default using localhost 
will be used.

              Sets  macro MAIN_LOCAL_INTERFACES only if there is a 
non-empty value.


(I suspect the above is not the full story , it's what I've gleaned 
though trial an error)

**Poor meta syntax  on my part since '[' is literal while '<' is meta 
syntax ... I'm guessing there is a better "house style"


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> #1081253: exim4-config: Upgrage exim4-config (4.96-15+deb12u5) reset dc_local_interfaces
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