399253 – mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r4 installs in /usr/bin/mail, while most programs (e.g. app-admin/logrotate) expect it in /bin/mail

Bug 399253 - mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r4 installs in /usr/bin/mail, while most programs (e.g. app-admin/logrotate) expect it in /bin/mail

Summary: mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r4 installs in /usr/bin/mail, while most pro...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2012-01-18 05:30 UTC by Livid
Modified:	2012-01-19 16:17 UTC (History)
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Description Livid 2012-01-18 05:30:35 UTC

It's all in the summary.

I might add that r3 installs in /bin, which is fine. This may actually be a big problem for system as a whole, so bug is marked as major.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Livid 2012-01-18 05:40:31 UTC

I noticed it is by design (#398061). Oh well, I then request that it be reviewed. Either we have to find each and every program which has /bin/mail hardcoded, add a symlink, or move that one library to /bin

Comment 2 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev

2012-01-19 16:17:46 UTC

sym link from /bin/mail to /usr/bin/mail added in -r5:

+*mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r5 (19 Jan 2012)
+
+  19 Jan 2012; Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> +mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r5.ebuild:
+  add compatibility sym link - bug #399253
+