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authorRobin Houston <robin.houston@gmail.com>2012-04-02 17:12:08 +0100
committerRobin Houston <robin.houston@gmail.com>2012-04-02 17:12:08 +0100
commite8a9ee92ce4dd83fbf432d0e186942fd60e6d930 (patch)
treeffa32cdc4ed8a54fcd4aab26e7637337b60a4807
parent366994304cb63dda9e9061eda4d513a64dacda90 (diff)
Add a caveat
Add a caveat about update-exim4.conf that bit someone during the installfest at AlaveteliCon.
-rw-r--r--doc/INSTALL-exim4.md6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md b/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
index 82c1aba45..71a67ff23 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ with `FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO: 'raw_team@whatdotheyknow.com'`
Finally, make sure you have `dc_use_split_config='true'` in
`/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf`, and execute the command
-`update-exim4.conf`
+`update-exim4.conf`.
+
+NB: if the file `/etc/exim4/exim4.conf` exists then `update-exim4.conf`
+will silently do nothing. Some distributions include this file. If
+yours does, you will need to rename it before running `update-exim4.conf`.
(You may also want to set `dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'`,
`dc_local_interfaces='0.0.0.0 ; ::1'`, and