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Bug 34544

Summary: /etc/init.d/exim should "provide mta"
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Udo Beckmann <udo_beckmann>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
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Bug Blocks: 11455    

Description Udo Beckmann 2003-11-27 13:12:11 UTC
The depend() function in exim's init script should contain the line "provide 
mta". The counterpart of it is used by fetchmail ("use mta" in /etc/init.d/
fetchmail), Mail-Spamassassin ("before mta" in /etc/init.d/spamd) and probably 
others. Please see also bug #22833 
 
BTW: In the portage tree only the init scripts of postfix and sendmail contain 
a line "provide mta". So the problem discribed also exists for other mta's 

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-18 06:47:55 UTC
in cvs