[exim] Re: debugging et al

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Author: Evgeniy Berdnikov
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: debugging et al
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:02:09PM +0000, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
> On 2/27/24 12:36, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
> > Bit of a side note, but I tried many different ways (for about a day) to turn on debugging , never really got anything useful.  I'm using Debian (bullseye)
>
> Perhaps you should ask on a Deb-specific forum.
>
> > + in /etc/default/exim  (set COMMONOPTIONS=''  ..to -d and =d+all)


First, there was a bug in some Debian exim4-* packages: systemd unit file
(/usr/lib/systemd/system/exim4.service) have reference fo /etc/default/exim4,
while package was shipped with /etc/default/exim (without "4"), so
configuration was not applied on startup. Fixed in 4.97~RC2-1.

Second, on Debian systemd unit file uses variables EXIMSERVICE and
UPEX4OPTS, those are not mentioned in /etc/default/exim4. I don't know why,
probably content of this file is artifact of SysV era, it should be
replaced.

I see no problems with manual running "exim4 -d..." under Debian.
Maybe your debug output was sent to /var/log/exim4/mainlog.
--
Eugene Berdnikov

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