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* Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> [130504 16:18]: |
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> On 2013-05-04 3:27 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On 04/05/2013 18:52, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> >> Ok, I have msmpt installed and working just fine. |
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> >> |
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> >> Now, all of a sudden, emerge -pvuDN world wants to install mailx. |
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> >> |
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> >> equery depends mailx says rkhunter is pulling it in via virtual/mailx |
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> >> Why isn't this dependency satisfied by the presence of msmtp? |
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> >> |
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> >> And more importantly, how can I fix it without installing mailx? |
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> > Simplest answer: |
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> > It was never done because nobody did it. |
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> > Whoever maintains virtual/mailx does so believing they have a decent set |
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> > of implementations available for you to use. There was never any |
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> > guarantee there that all possible satisfiers for virtual/mailx would be |
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> > listed. |
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> > |
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> > File a feature request at b.g.o. if you feel msmtp satsifies virtual/mailx. |
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> Actually, I'm not really concerned about virtual/mails... |
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> My question is why does it want to install the full program |
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> 'net-mail/mailx'? That would mean I had two mta's on my system, which |
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> should be a conflict, right? I know if I try to install postfix, it |
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> complains about msmtp as a blocker. |
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mailx is an MUA, not an MTA. You can have as many MUAs as you like. |
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