Re: [exim] Debian as a 'Special Case' for Exim

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 06:57:58PM +0100, David wrote:
> Hi !!
>
> >>Marc Sherman's suggestion of providing an unadorned Exim configuration
> >>package would be greatly preferable, not just for us but for competent
> >>users too.
>
> we recently install Debian on a new server and tried to configure Exim.
> At the end we totally remove the Exim package and compiled it from
> source (not debian sources). We had been using exim on solaris, redhat,
> suse, etc .. without any problem, but the configuration system for
> Exim in debian is a total nightmare.

There was no reason to recompile from source. The standard Debian
packages work fine with a hand-rolled config.

--
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.