On Mon, Feb 05 2018, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2018/01/31 10:47, Christian Gut wrote: >> Hi ports@ >> >> for the second time in history I got a failed exim start after >> upgrading an OpenBSD release. The cause: /etc/rc.d/exim checks, >> whether /etc/mailer.conf.exim is present and (silently) fails to >> start, if present. This also is pretty difficult to find. >> >> As I understand the reason for this check, the other mta in ports do not do >> this. It even seems wrong, as mailer.conf contains the exim binaries, but >> mailer.conf.exim is brought back by port upgrade. >> >> I attach two possible patches to address this issue: >> >> exim.rc.nocheck.patch removes rc_pre to bring it in line with other mta >> exim.rc.grep.patch replaces the check with a direct check, if mailer.conf >> has “exim” in it and does some logging to report the issue. >> >> Please provide me with feedback for better solutions. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Christian > > > I think removing the check makes more sense. (REVISION bump needed as > well, but no need to re-send just for that). Anyone else have comments?
No further comment here, ok jca@ -- jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE
