Re: [exim] Ubuntu 20.04 and CONFDIR

On 10/06/2022 22:19, Elliot Finley via Exim-users wrote:
> I've been trying to get exim4 up and running on Ubuntu 20.04.
>
> There is the standard:
>
> # Macro defining the main configuration directory.
> # We do not use absolute paths.
> .ifndef CONFDIR
> CONFDIR = /etc/exim4
> .endif
>
> which is a little confusing because it says "We do not use absolute paths."
> then it uses an absolute path.
>
> But the problem is, it doesn't appear that CONFDIR is being honored. Later
> in the config file there is:
>
> .ifndef MAIN_TLS_CERTIFICATE
> MAIN_TLS_CERTIFICATE = CONFDIR/exim.crt
> .endif
> tls_certificate = MAIN_TLS_CERTIFICATE

Perhaps MAIN_TLS_CERTIFICATE was defined?

You may be better off asking Ubuntu/Debian config maintainers.
The Exim project, while supporting those conditional facilities,
does not provides those config files that are using them.
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Cheers,
Jeremy