380209 – mail-mta/msmtp does not create /usr/lib/sendmail symlink

Bug 380209 - mail-mta/msmtp does not create /usr/lib/sendmail symlink

Summary: mail-mta/msmtp does not create /usr/lib/sendmail symlink

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2011-08-22 09:57 UTC by Tiziano Müller (RETIRED)
Modified:	2011-08-22 19:08 UTC (History)
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Description Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-22 09:57:57 UTC

Several software packages (like dcron) rely on /usr/lib/sendmail being a symlink to /usr/sbin/sendmail.

While ssmtp provides this link, msmtp doesn't.

Comment 1 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev

2011-08-22 19:08:13 UTC

+*msmtp-1.4.24-r1 (22 Aug 2011)
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+  22 Aug 2011; Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> +msmtp-1.4.24-r1.ebuild:
+  add /usr/lib/sendmail symlink - bug #380209
+