On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:29:31 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: >So, why can't this be done without an exim4-config package in Debian, with >something like the following arrangement: > > exim4-daemon > provides/conflicts: mail-transport-agent > postinst: > checks /etc/exim4 > if it doesn't exist, creates it, using debconf > > exim4-config-ilkserver: > postinst: > rm -rf /etc/exim4 > create /etc/exim4 according to desired config
That looks like a bad hack. And it precludes the use of dpkg conffile handling for the config snippets in /etc/exim4/conf.d And it doesn't solve the problem at hand, with exim4-base being installed on non-exim systems by dselect. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
