mouss:
> Victor Duchovni a ?crit :
> > On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 07:51:13PM +0100, mouss wrote:
> >
> >> BTW, is there any reason why one can't do
> >>
> >> joepipe ... pipe
> >> flags=${joe_flags}
> >> user=${joe_user}
> >> args=${joe_command} ${joe_options}
> >
> > The reason is that theve arguments are not and should not be subject to
> > main.cf macro substitution.
> >
>
> well, the question was why it is so. I mean what is the risk exactly?
> after all, one can generate master.cf with a script that takes
> definitions from main.cf (or from elsewhere). but I'm sure I'm missing
> something. thus the question.
One explanation is that master.cf was implemented long before
main.cf.
As for the question why behavior X is not implemented, the answer
is that even free software has a cost. It is not created with Star
Trek transporter beams that materialize a complete object all at once.
Wietse
