Package: exim4-config Version: 4.60-5 Severity: normal The debconf question says:
.---- | Enter a colon-separated list of IP-addresses to listen on. You need to | double the colons in IPv6 addresses (e.g. 5f03::1200::836f::::). ... `---- However, it should really say "colon and space separated", or something in this vein. It is unobvious that you can have whitespace inside, and without it some addresses get misparsed: "127.0.0.1:::::1" leads to 2006-03-31 01:57:56 Malformed IP address "127.0.0.1::" in local_interfaces On the other hand, "127.0.0.1:0::::1" (with a redundant 0) or "127.0.0.1 : ::::1" (separated by space-colon-space) works correctly. The localhost address is the only typical IPv6 address that starts with a double colon (as old-style v4-mapped addresses are deprecated); however, it is impossible to parse such colon-separated lists in general. Thus, the only solutions I can think of are: a) documenting this caveat b) allowing a different separator (with the added bonus of having IPv6 addresses human-readable) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages exim4-config depends on: ii adduser 3.85 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy exim4-config recommends no packages. -- debconf information: exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate: false * exim4/dc_smarthost: 10.0.1.1 exim4/dc_relay_domains: * exim4/dc_relay_nets: * exim4/mailname: umbar * exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1:0::::1 * exim4/dc_minimaldns: true exim4/exim3_upgrade: true * exim4/dc_other_hostnames: umbar * exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail exim4/no_config: true * exim4/hide_mailname: true * exim4/dc_postmaster: kilobyte * exim4/dc_readhost: umbar.angband.pl * exim4/use_split_config: false exim4/internal/exim4-config.reconfigure: false exim4/exim4-config-title: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
