16852 – cron ebuilds need "mail" command

Bug 16852 - cron ebuilds need "mail" command

Summary: cron ebuilds need "mail" command

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2003-03-04 15:31 UTC by Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-04-07 15:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-04 15:31:47 UTC

all cron ebuilds in portage depend on virtual/mta, but they try to send mails with 
the "mail" command, which is not supposed to be there. 
This can lead to no mail sent. 
 
shouldn't they depend on net-mail/mailx instead? 
 

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Thorsten Kampe 2003-07-07 12:09:52 UTC

No, they depend on ssmtp, so you have to edit ssmtp.conf ("mailhub=mail:25" is the default - and the error message)

"Command output [...]can be turned off and no mail will be sent at all          (SysV can't do this either)."

Comment 2 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-07 15:14:19 UTC

At least vixie-cron uses /usr/lib/sendmail to send mail, which should be provided by virtual/mta (whether it is configured is another matter).  This bug needs to name actual packages to receive attention.  Please re-open if you can provide the necessary details.