FS#22743 - [exim] package includes useless "newaliases" script

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Moritz Wilhelmy (wzff) - Friday, 04 February 2011, 03:34 GMT
Last edited by Angel Velasquez (angvp) - Saturday, 07 May 2011, 19:18 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Angel Velasquez (angvp)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The exim package contains a "newaliases" script, which is advertised in the example aliases file shipped by the package and builds a dbm database in /var/spool/exim/db/aliases, containing the values of /etc/mail/aliases. This database is not actually used for lookups anywhere in the default config, so the script should either be removed, because it is confusing, or the config should be updated accordingly.
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Closed by  Angel Velasquez (angvp)
Saturday, 07 May 2011, 19:18 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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