Re: use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-15 Thread Wietse Venema
btb: [ Charset windows-1252 converted... ] > On 2016.11.15 11.44, Wietse Venema wrote: > > btb: > >> since parameters can be user defined, i think it would be good if > >> the documentation stated this, maybe in postconf(5)? it would > >> alleviate guessing games. > >> > >> possibly something lik

Re: use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-15 Thread btb
On 2016.11.15 11.44, Wietse Venema wrote: > btb: >> since parameters can be user defined, i think it would be good if >> the documentation stated this, maybe in postconf(5)? it would >> alleviate guessing games. >> >> possibly something like: >> >> Postfix main.cf file format [...] ? A logical l

Re: use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-15 Thread Wietse Venema
btb: > since parameters can be user defined, i think it would be good if the > documentation stated this, maybe in postconf(5)? it would alleviate > guessing games. > > possibly something like: > > Postfix main.cf file format > [...] > ? A logical line starts with non-whitespace text. A line tha

Re: use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-15 Thread btb
On 2016.11.14 20.04, Wietse Venema wrote: > btb: >> by chance, i happened to create a parameter which used a dash in the >> name, and was referencing it in another parameter, e.g.: >> >> foo-param = foo >> bar_param = ${foo-param} >> >> upon restart, postfix complained about this: >> >> postconf: w

Re: use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-14 Thread Wietse Venema
btb: > by chance, i happened to create a parameter which used a dash in the > name, and was referencing it in another parameter, e.g.: > > foo-param = foo > bar_param = ${foo-param} > > upon restart, postfix complained about this: > > postconf: warning: macro name syntax error: "foo-param" > pos

use of dash [and other] characters in parameter names

2016-11-14 Thread btb
by chance, i happened to create a parameter which used a dash in the name, and was referencing it in another parameter, e.g.: foo-param = foo bar_param = ${foo-param} upon restart, postfix complained about this: postconf: warning: macro name syntax error: "foo-param" postconf: fatal: macro proce