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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Dean Brooks
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] multiple configuration file option broke included scripts
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Dean Brooks wrote:

> The other problem with these scripts is that the use of macros
> for the value of exim_path will wreak havoc, as in:
>
> EXIM_BINARY=/usr/lib/sendmail
> exim_path=EXIM_BINARY


The scripts are quite old, and probably pre-date the introduction of
macros.

> Not sure if there is a good solution to this, though, other than
> to document clearly that exim_path must be listed as an absolute
> value with no macro substitution.


Again, I don't expect exim_path to be set very often, but of course it
ought to be made to work if possible. Thanks for the report.

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