[Pkg-exim4-users] question about update-exim4.conf manpage

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2006-05-21 Ross Boylan <ross at biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 10:57:29AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>> On 2006-05-20 Ross Boylan <ross at biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>> The man page for update-exim4.conf says, in part

> 1)
>>>   If update-exim4.conf is called without the option -o, it
>>>   checks the validity of the freshly generated configuration file and
>>>   exits with  an error.   In   that   case,   the   new   file   is
>>>   not  installed  to /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.

>>> Is that the intended meaning?  My guess is the intended meaning is

> 2)
>>> If update-exim4.conf detects that the freshly generated configuration
>>> file is invalid it exits with an error.  Unless the -o option was
>>> given, the old output file is retained.

>> Hej,

> 3)
>> Afaict the documentation is correct, update-exim4.conf does not check
>> the validity if -o is given and does not exit with an error if -o is
>> given and the file is invalid:
[ snip]
> My original concern was that 1) literally means an error exit *always*
> occurs, even if the file is valid.  The new file is *never* installed
> (since "in that case" refers to something that always happens).

I can see the problem now.

> 2) validity is checked and an error exit occurs if the generated file
> is invalid.  If there is an error, the old file is retained;
> otherwise, the new one is installed.
> 3) gives no information on this case
[...]

How about:

(Only) if update-exim4.conf is called without the option -o, it
checks the validity of the freshly generated configuration file. If
the new file is invalid it is not installed to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated and update-exim4.conf exits with
an error. 
     cu and- no native speaker -reas
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