Re: [Exim] problem after upgrading

On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 10:17:54PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:

> > No, because I'm about to take tcpwrappers back out of the debian package.
> >
> > I hadn't realised how nasty it would be for people upgrading (starting
> > bouncing their mail, as it gives a 5xx code). I don't think that's
> > acceptable.
>
> I don't think it is a big problem. I just thought that in order to use TCP
> wrappers, an application *had* to run from inetd.

No, quite a few programs can be linked with libwrap to give them TCP
wrappers functionality when running as a daemon.

> Perhaps some sort of warning during installation would suffice, or better
> yet, in the README for the package.

The problem is that upgrading to it can break---in a way that results in
bounces---a previously working system. That isn't acceptable, and warnings
wouldn't make it so IMO.