On Sep 27, 2014, at 10.32, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> b...@bitrate.net: >> On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: >> >>> Use "postconf -d", not "postconf -n". -n is for settings in the >>> configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include >>> the version, release date, and so on. >> >> this reminds me - some time long ago, i happened to notice that >> config_directory seems to be the lone exception to the postconf >> -n behavior described in postconf(1). it's not of much consequence, >> at least for me, but i was just curious why [presuming it's >> intentional]. > > I suppose your idea is to put the main.cf file in a different > location, then specify that location in the main.cf file, and not > create a chicken-and-egg problem. no, that’s not my idea at all! :) i like main.cf right where it is, in /etc/postfix/. i like chickens and eggs too, but only to eat - not in programming or system administration. i was only curious why config_directory was included in the output of postconf -n, while postconf(1) seemed to indicate it shouldn’t be. it truly was nothing more than an idle curiosity. sorry if my wording was ambiguous and conveyed the wrong idea. -ben
