Bug#285196: marked as done (exim4-config: dc_localdelivery is not set on package upgrade)
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From: Jools Smyth <jools@oxfordinspire.co.uk>
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Subject: exim4-config: dc_localdelivery is not set on package upgrade
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Package: exim4-config Version: 4.34-9 Severity: normal
I upgraded to 4.34-9 from 4.34-8. I noticed the new debconf option for
localdelivery. However I was not prompted to configure this, and it was
not added to update-exim4.conf.conf. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config did
not ask for me to choose this option either. I assumed the update script
would take care of things, but mail started going straight to spool
instead of my previous configuration of LOCAL_DELIVERY=maildir_home
I have now manually added dc_localdelivery='maildir_home' to
update-exim4.conf.conf which has solved the problem.
The naming in update-exim4.conf.conf seems to be a little unordered too.
some options with a underscore separating words and others not. (I
initially assumed dc_local_delivery would be correct)
-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.34 #1 built 08-Dec-2004 17:56:44
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 3.2.9: (May 26, 2004)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
dc_other_hostnames='exotica.org.uk'
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets='192.168.1.0/24'
dc_smarthost=''
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'
mailname:oxfordinspire.co.uk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: hppa (parisc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-pa1
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.41 Debian configuration management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.4 Change and administer password and
-- debconf information excluded
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From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#285196: exim4-config: dc_localdelivery is not set on package upgrade
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On 2004-12-11 Jools Smyth <jools@oxfordinspire.co.uk> wrote:
> Package: exim4-config
> Version: 4.34-9
> Severity: normal
> I upgraded to 4.34-9 from 4.34-8. I noticed the new debconf option for
> localdelivery.
It is not debconf-ized and I never claimed it was (otherwise #250980
was not still open.):
| * Make the prefered local transport (maildir/mailspool) configurable in
| update-exim4.conf.conf, attacking #250980. Document this, therefore
| (Closes: #274597) (am)
> However I was not prompted to configure this,
... therefore you will not be asked ...
> and it was
> not added to update-exim4.conf.conf.
That is no bug.
There is a sane default (mail_spool), there is no need to
add it otherwise. Which is why I am closing this report.
[...]
> I have now manually added dc_localdelivery='maildir_home' to
> update-exim4.conf.conf which has solved the problem.
That is the way to do it. As documented in README.Debian.
> The naming in update-exim4.conf.conf seems to be a little unordered
> too. some options with a underscore separating words and others
> not. (I initially assumed dc_local_delivery would be correct)
[...]
Yes, but that cannot be helped, the important thing is that thecorrect
option is documented.
Mmmh. I just realized that the documentation for this option is
incomplete in update-exim4.conf(8), I've fixed this in CVS.
cu andreas
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