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Sep 17, 2012, 3:13 AM
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[Bug 1296] Are there missing items in section 11.9, Expansion variables?
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--- Comment #3 from regid23 [at] mail 2012-09-17 11:13:24 ---
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 05:15:38AM +0100, Phil Pennock wrote:
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> --- Comment #2 from Phil Pennock <pdp [at] exim> 2012-09-17 05:15:37 ---
> Options and variables are not the same. You can assign to an option "foo", but
> that does not mean that there exists a variable "$foo".
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> Both "received_header_text" and "smtp_banner" are options, which each take a
> string which will be expanded when needed, and that string can contain
> variables.
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> You can not use "$smtp_banner" or "$received_header_text" meaningfully in Exim,
> they'd result in expansion failures for being unknown variables.
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Is there a reason to add the following before section 14.1 ?
--- a/spec.xfpt 2012-09-17 01:01:18.000000000 +0300
+++ b/spec.xfpt 2012-09-17 13:05:06.000000000 +0300
@@ -12714,6 +12714,13 @@
<div class="pre"><a id="l12669" href="#l12669" class="linenr">12669</a>
an aid to finding the name of the option you are looking for. Some options are</div>
<div class="pre"><a id="l12670" href="#l12670" class="linenr">12670</a>
listed in more than one group.</div>
<div class="pre"><a id="l12671" href="#l12671" class="linenr">12671</a> </div>
+Note the difference between options and variables. You can assign to
+an option "foo", but that does not mean that there exists a variable
+"$foo". Both "received_header_text" and "smtp_banner" are options,
+which each take a string which will be expanded when needed, and that
+string can contain variables. You can not use "$smtp_banner" or
+"$received_header_text" meaningfully in Exim, they'd result in
+expansion failures for being unknown variables.
<div class="pre"><a id="l12672" href="#l12672" class="linenr">12672</a>
.section "Miscellaneous" "SECID96"</div>
<div class="pre"><a id="l12673" href="#l12673" class="linenr">12673</a>
.table2</div>
<div class="pre"><a id="l12674" href="#l12674" class="linenr">12674</a>
.row &%bi_command%& "to run for &%-bi%& command line option"</div>
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