Am 17.02.19 um 18:27 schrieb Sami Ketola:> > >> On 17 Feb 2019, at 11.47, Peter Nabbefeld via dovecot >> <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: >> >> >> Is there any tool displaying an "effective" config tree (i.e., a tool >> displaying the resulting configuration from every file, displaying >> the original file and line number)? "dovecot -a" only displays all >> configurations, but without source reference, so it's impossible to >> find out about the details. ?:-( >> > > Easy way is to use just one config file. That is what I have done for > years. > > Sami > >I'd preferred that, too, but it seems the 'modern' way - and I don't want to get any possible configuration issues on updates, so I won't change this. Peter
> On 18 Feb 2019, at 12.15, Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbefeld at gmx.de> wrote: > > > > Am 17.02.19 um 18:27 schrieb Sami Ketola: >>> >> >> Easy way is to use just one config file. That is what I have done for years. >> >> Sami >> >> > I'd preferred that, too, but it seems the 'modern' way - and I don't want to get any possible configuration issues on updates, so I won't change this.If your distribution modifies config files on updates then it's time to switch to another distribution. Sami
Am 18.02.19 um 11:34 schrieb Sami Ketola:> >> On 18 Feb 2019, at 12.15, Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbefeld at gmx.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 17.02.19 um 18:27 schrieb Sami Ketola: >>> Easy way is to use just one config file. That is what I have done for years. >>> >>> Sami >>> >>> >> I'd preferred that, too, but it seems the 'modern' way - and I don't want to get any possible configuration issues on updates, so I won't change this. > > If your distribution modifies config files on updates then it's time to switch to another distribution. > > SamiNot the config files itself. But IIRC, the "main" config files have been changed in distros when the new style was introduced. Usually the main file wasn't overwritten, but a new file with an extension like "new" had been added. However, my laptop installation isn't as old, and every application I install already has the new style, and of course it has it pros when You get used to the structure of the config file, but if You're new to some application, You also have to learn about this structure for every new one ... Peter