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On 04/05/2013 22:17, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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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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>>> Now, all of a sudden, emerge -pvuDN world wants to install mailx. |
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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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>>> 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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>> File a feature request at b.g.o. if you feel msmtp satsifies |
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>> virtual/mailx. |
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> Actually, I'm not really concerned about virtual/mails... |
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You should be, it's at the core of the problem surely? |
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Your original mail said that rkhunter was pulling in mailx via |
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virtual/mailx. Which mailx do you mean by that? virtual/mailx or |
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mail-client/mailx? |
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I assumed the latter as that's the only reading that makes sense. |
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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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That's as an MTA. This thread is about mail clients. Not related |
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All you seem to be dealing with is what looks like a incomplete list of |
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providers for virtual/mailx. Portage won't consider msmtp as satisfying |
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that need as the ebuild for virtual/mailx does not list msmtp. |
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Your options: |
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- install mail-client/mailx, or |
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- have msmtp added to virtual/mailx as a feature request. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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