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| author | Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de> | 2016-12-30 14:05:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de> | 2016-12-30 14:14:20 +0100 |
| commit | 33f316f2c5fad1f91b627fce7473da287bb23162 (patch) | |
| tree | 4def20897ce70cd9944c1224baf5b7f3047d57f1 | |
| parent | 8e7e13572850c65857fd9d2da8b341e1ca3e98b7 (diff) | |
Docs: Add .new/wen marker for relative includes (Bug 1971)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index a2a02df45..769b9e1c9 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -4918,8 +4918,12 @@ using this syntax: .endd on a line by itself. Double quotes round the file name are optional. If you use the first form, a configuration error occurs if the file does not exist; the -second form does nothing for non-existent files. In all cases, an absolute file +second form does nothing for non-existent files. +.new +The first form allows a relative name. It is resolved relative to +the directory of the including file. For the second form an absolute file name is required. +.wen Includes may be nested to any depth, but remember that Exim reads its configuration file often, so it is a good idea to keep them to a minimum. @@ -4937,11 +4941,6 @@ Include processing happens after macro processing (see below). Its effect is to process the lines of the included file as if they occurred inline where the inclusion appears. -Relative names are allowed with &`.include`&, and are resolved -relative to the directory of the including file. For security reasons -this is not allowed with &`.include_if_exists`&. To avoid confusion, it -is strongly recommended to use absolute names only. - .section "Macros in the configuration file" "SECTmacrodefs" diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 9281b3666..603351dc8 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ New Features in Exim This file contains descriptions of new features that have been added to Exim. Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can -test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once +test from the snapshots or the Git before the documentation is updated. Once the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list. Version 4.89 ------------ + 1. Allow relative config file names for ".include" + Version 4.88 ------------ |