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When ssmtp is compiled against uclibc, it will create funny date headers:

Date: Tue, %_d Aug 2006 06:03:21 +0000 UV

Note the %_d.

This is because ssmtp uses a gnu extention in strftime. (see man strftime under
"GLIBC NOTES", _ (underscore))

I did a quick check what they do in Freebsd (since they dont use gnu libc) and
as I suspected, there was a patch:

--- arpadate.c.orig     Sun Dec  8 18:30:13 2002
+++ arpadate.c  Mon Apr  7 01:17:58 2003
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
        time_t now;

        /* RFC822 format string borrowed from GNU shellutils date.c */
-       const char *format = "%a, %_d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z";
+       const char *format = "%a, %e %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z";

        now = time(NULL);


The solution should be to use the portable %e instead of GNU specific %_d.

Created an attachment (id=95350) [details]
files/ssmtp-2.61-bug145456.patch

patch created against ssmtp-2.61-r2 and tested on uclibc. Works like a charm ;)

Created an attachment (id=95351) [details]
ebuild that uses patch

For your convienece.

Could this patch please be applied? It does not hurt GNU systems and it solves
a real problem on non-GNU systems. (like uclibc freebsd)

Whats the status here? 

This patch is really trivial. Could someone just commit and get done with it?
(or at least close with a WONTFIX so know I'll have to maintain it my local
overlay)

This one has been fixed upstream in 2.62 which just hit CVS. Please test and
re-open if this bug still occurs.