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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:48:13 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Larry Scheer" <larry.scheer@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: Question about configuring exim and /etc/mailname
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:59 -0800 "Larry Scheer"
<larry.scheer@onstor.com> wrote:

> When I run debootrap -second-stage, the exim4 configuration creates
> /etc/mailname with the hostname that ran debootstrap.
> 
> Should I change /etc/mailname to be localhost? Or, should I just
> remove /etc/mailname from root file system tar ball that is used my
> make release? If exim4 when booted on a new filer creates a
> new /etc/mailname file then removing /etc/mailname from the default
> root file system would be the "right" thing to do.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Larry


It doesn't create /etc/mailname more than once.  Keep it in the rootfs.