On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 12:40:57AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, christophe [iso-8859-15] barbé wrote: > > > I can't find which package is responsible for this file : > > > > /etc# dpkg -S mailname > > dpkg: *mailname* not found. > > /etc# ll /etc/mailname > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10 Jan 29 22:40 /etc/mailname > > > > but this file is used by 'bug -d' and some other debian tool. > > > > strace bug give me : > > > > stat64("/etc/mailname", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=10, ...}) = 0 > > There is not a single package which is the only responsible for it, since > policy says: > > If your package needs to know what hostname to use on (for example) > outgoing news and mail messages which are generated locally, you > should use the file /etc/mailname. It will contain the portion after > the username and @ (at) sign for email addresses of users on the > machine (followed by a newline). > > Such package should check for the existence of this file when it is > being configured. If it exists, it should be used without comment, > although an MTA's configuration script may wish to prompt the user > even if it finds that this file exists. If the file does not exist, > the package should prompt the user for the value (preferably using > debconf) and store it in /etc/mailname as well as using it in the > package's configuration. Ok So as I understand it, this file should be owned by the MTA. It is disapointed to see a file in /etc owned by nobody, especially for one so much used. > > > Related question why debian softs like bug and dch don't use > > /etc/email-addresses ? > > The file /etc/email-addresses is exim-specific so packages are unlikely > to use that file directly. Check your exim configuration if exim is your MTA. That is a good reason. Thanks, Christophe -- Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. --Joseph Wood Krutch
Attachment:
pgpbeqJ6jl_EP.pgp
Description: PGP signature