There is some debconf command that you can run that converts it from
using the split-style configs to a single config (which is what most
of us here do). In that URL I mentioned is the instructions on how to
do so.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Lars Nielsen <lars@???> wrote:
> Thanks for the info Todd,
> Maybe i should compile exim from source instead of using the debian
> package. Then I have better control over which files go where. Are there
> any thing wrong with that?
>
> Regards Lars
>
> søn, 31 01 2010 kl. 08:43 -0800, skrev Todd Lyons:
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Lars Nielsen <lars@???> wrote:
>> > wow! It works now! :-) .... just have to understand why! I'll write an
>> > explanation in a while.
>>
>> Debian style split configs have a whole mailing list to themselves,
>> but apparently you'll get flamed for asking n00b questions. Instead,
>> read this, particularly section 2:
>>
>> http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.html
>>
>> You'll find that most of us here use straight exim style configs, not
>> the Debian split style configs. So when you say "I added domain.com
>> to SOME_VARIABLE", we won't know exactly how the Debian style config
>> actually uses that variable. In this case +local_domains is fairly
>> obvious, however I am willing to bet that you should have used debconf
>> instead of modifying the config file directly. Why? Because the next
>> time the exim package gets updated, it will overwrite your changes.
>> --
>> Regards... Todd
>> Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that no body's going
>> to know whether you did it or not.
>>
>
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