On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:39:32AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: | On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 03:07:28PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 04:21:07AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: | > | On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 03:12:04PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: | > | > Who uses /etc/email-addresses? | > | | > | reportbug(1) does, for example. | > | > reportbug does not. | | It would behoove you, Derrick, to measure twice before you type. The | tracks of the bugs... | | #224223: reportbug: Crash when /etc/email-addresses is not readable
Very interesting. I wholly did not expect reportbug to be so tied to
certain platforms and configurations. I do know that reportbug uses
/usr/sbin/sendmail to send the mail (ie it delegates to your MTA), and
that exim uses /etc/email-addresses, and thus it would -appear- that
reportbug used it when a mail is sent. In fact, I don't even have
that file on my system because I don't use it.
| ... speak for themselves. If you were bold enough, you could dive into
| the sources, and see for yourself.
reporbug version 2.39,
/usr/share/reportbug/reportbug.py,
beginning at line 166
def find_rewritten(username):
for filename in ['/etc/email-addresses']:
if os.path.exists(filename):
try:
fp = file(filename)
except IOError:
continue
| An apology is awaited, with my eyebrows raised.
So it does indeed use that file, iff it exists. I was wrong about
that. I guess it is trying to be "extra smart" in constructing the
From: header. (I guess, because I didn't read the rest of the
source). I would actually call that a defect, because the code
-assumes- that file, if readable, is relevant but in actuality the
exim config may not even consult that file or may consult a different
file altogether. This sort of blind assumption has some resemblance
to certain other platforms :-/.
I do stand corrected - reportbug does -sometimes- use that file.
This thread demonstrates two of the benefits of open source -- first
an errant declaration (mine, above) is corrected by the community and
second can be clearly demonstrated by actually looking at the source.
-D
PS. A fitting verse, in my .sig, for this thread, is it not?
It was randomly choosen by signify(1) with no guidance from me.
--
The Lord detests all the proud of heart.
Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:7
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