[Pkg-exim4-users] Interpreting debconf (partial answer)

[Marc Haber]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 03:03:16PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> [I sent an earlier response, but it seems to have vanished amidst my
> mail troubles.]
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 07:54 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 03:11:16PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > The update-exim4.conf man page has a lot of this information; sorry I
> > > didn't notice that sooner.  However, it's still a bit cryptic,
> > > particularly about the implications of the configuration type selected.
> > 
> > If you don't tell us what's bad, we can't fix it.
> > 
> > Patches appreciated.
> > 
> I can't patch what I don't understand :)  But I can tell you what I
> don't understand.
> 
> The main thing is 
>   dc_eximconfig_configtype
>     The main configration  type.  One  of  "internet", "smarthost",
>     "satellite", "local", "exim3manual" or "none".
> What do the different choices mean?  For starters, "smarthost" means the
> system uses a smarthost, or it is a smarthost?
> 
> How do the choices affect the meaning, interpretation, or necessity of
> defining the other variables?  In some cases (e.g., dc_readhost,
> dc_hide_mailname) a dependency is explicitly noted, but in others
> (dc_relay_*, dc_smarthost) I have a feeling it may matter as well.
> 
> How does dc_readhost and dc_hide_mailname interact with each other and
> with address rewriting, /etc/host, and /etc/mailname?

I begin to understand what you mean. Documenting this is, however, a
major effort which is probably not possible in less than 20 KBytes.

Greetings
Marc

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