Jan Ingvoldstad via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Di 13 Jun 2017 22:20:07 CEST):
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>
> It essentially saves you from performing this dance for every configuration
> change:
>
> 1) exim -bV -C new-exim4.conf
> 2) mv new-exim4.conf exim4.conf
>
> Granted, as long as you don't reload the exim configuration, the above
> seems superfluous, but depending on the complexity of your system setup
> otherwise, you may not have the luxury of determining whether and when that
> happens.
Exim may re-execute itself, to gain root privileges for local
transports. This new instance reads the configuration file again,
which in turn may create confusing results.
Best regards from Dresden/Germany
Viele Grüße aus Dresden
Heiko Schlittermann
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