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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 09:36:44AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Robert Dahlem:
> > > Because it does no harm to anything existing I propose that
> > > attached patch gets into the distribution.
> >
> > It works with multi-instance names. What is the result for the
> > stock master.cf file, which has entries as shown below?
> >
> > submission inet n - n - - smtpd
> > -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
> > ...
> > smtps inet n - n - - smtpd
> > -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps
> > ...
> >
> > This logs process names as: postfix/submission/smtpd,
> > postfix/smtps/smtpd.
>
> Just a thought, take it or leave it: perhaps those examples should
> be changed to:
>
> > submission inet n - n - - smtpd
> > -o syslog_name=$syslog_name/submission
> > ...
> > smtps inet n - n - - smtpd
> > -o syslog_name=$syslog_name/smtps
> > ...
>
> Ugly, but it would work with multiple instance names.
I think that would result in an "unreasonable macro call nesting"
error, because $name expansion is recursive.
Wietse
