[exim] Re: Packaging - was Re: ARC

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Auteur: pete
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Aan: Ray O'Donnell
CC: Andrew C Aitchison, Odhiambo Washington, exim-users
Onderwerp: [exim] Re: Packaging - was Re: ARC
Hi all,

On Debian, configuring /etc/exim4/exim4.conf makes Exim act the same if
I was to configure /usr/local/etc/exim/configure on (for example)
FreeBSD.

For me at least that's the Exim way on Debian ;)


Pete.


On 2023-12-19 17:56, Ray O'Donnell via Exim-users wrote:
> On 19/12/2023 17:36, Andrew C Aitchison via Exim-users wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2023, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote:
>>
>>> Does this imply that Debian-ists are scared of running anything
>>> outside the aegis of Debian pages?
>>
>> When I was on Red Hat, I found it trivial to build an exim rpm
>> (package) from exim source that integrated nicely with the OS
>> and was compatible with the Red Hat package.
>>
>> Since I moved to Ubuntu I have found this much more difficult
>> (perhaps because Debian/Ubuntu has many more build tools to 'help')
>> and the way the split-config works means that I have
>> to choose to do things eiher the Exim or the Debian way.
>> Switching between the two is not a viable option.
>
> Just curious - what's the Exim way? I've only ever used Exim on Debian,
> so I'm familiar with its split- and non-split config, but that's all.
>
> Ray.
>
>
> --
> Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // Ireland
> ray@???


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