On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 12:28:32PM -0700, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> I would prefer
> root: :include: /etc/mail/rootalias
Maybe. Postfix doesn't use this directory. Nor does exim. On the other hand,
spamassassin puts its files there, so there's some non-sendmail-specific
precedent. I understand the desire to not clutter up /etc further.
> or maybe
> root: :include: /etc/sysconfig/rootalias
I don't think this is good, because almost everything else in /etc/sysconfig
is either actually sourced into a shell script or sets variables in a format
that looks like that ("FOO=bar").
> (and things like a silent skip if that alias is already defined) but
> we are arguing here about details of an implementation.
> I think that there is a general agreement that something of that
> sort would be highly desirable. Should there be a bugzilla RFE for
> that?
Yes, there should. :)
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=143437>
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