Re: [EXIM] wish list: exit number translation ?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] wish list: exit number translation ?
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> James FitzGibbon <james@???> probably said:
> > exit_code_messages = dbm;/opt/mail/etc/exit_code_messages.db ?
> >
> > Just a thought. It would be simple to make a small program to iterate
> > through sysexits.h and produce a sample text file suitable for
> > exim_builddbm. Users could then change the messages or add new ones if
> > their installation required it.
>
> I think James has a good idea here, have a standard db file for sysexits
> codes and be able to define more of your own for anything else ...


This worries me because of the creeping featurism aspect of it. Seems a
fairly large hammer for quite a small nut.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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