Bug 8031 – Request for updated mailx

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ian Smith 2002-09-17 09:09:17 UTC]

The Gentoo mailx - 8.1.1 - does not utilize the REPLYTO environment variable. 
This prevents me from sending external email from the command line as replies
need to be sent to a POP server rather than the originating address.

Debian Woody uses 8.1.2, which does respect REPLYTO, along with several extra
variables.

TIA.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2002-09-17 13:21:00 UTC]

*** Bug 8042 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) 2002-09-18 16:42:31 UTC]

We'll update it after the freeze, but until then have you considered "nail"? 
It's usually better maintained, and it does let you set reply-to.

[Comment 3 Ian Smith 2002-09-19 05:07:29 UTC]

Hadn't heard of it, but will try - thanks.

[Comment 4 Nick Hadaway 2002-11-04 12:22:00 UTC]

I will be getting this into portage within the next couple of days.

I have been trying to find a maintained mailx source.  Debian claims to have a 
cvs version of 8.1.2... but I don't know where the mailx cvs repository is.
Any ideas?

[Comment 5 Ian Smith 2002-11-05 05:19:46 UTC]

I couldn't find it either, I guess the Debian maintainers should be able to help
- are you going to ask them or shall I?

[Comment 6 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2002-11-05 06:31:56 UTC]

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mailx/mailx_8.1.2-
0.20020411cvs.orig.tar.gz
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mailx/mailx_8.1.2-0.20020411cvs-
1.diff.gz

here's the source :)

[Comment 7 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2002-11-05 06:38:13 UTC]

latest unstable: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mailx/mailx_8.1.2-
0.20020411cvs-4.diff.gz

maintainer: [e-mail]

[Comment 8 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2002-11-05 06:51:34 UTC]

the download location for all files: 
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mailx/

[Comment 9 Ian Smith 2002-11-05 12:33:05 UTC]

Looks promising!
Thanks Martin

[Comment 10 Nick Hadaway 2002-11-10 03:41:05 UTC]

I have emailed [e-mail] with an inquiry.  As I hear more I will post 
on this bug.

[Comment 11 Nick Hadaway 2002-11-13 01:15:43 UTC]

I got a response :)

<snip>
Yes, I'm taking it from the OpenBSD cvs repository
(http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mail/).
</snip>

I will check out the latest source and have an ebuild up soon.

[Comment 12 Ian Smith 2002-11-13 03:19:30 UTC]

<burns> excellent! </burns>

[Comment 13 Nick Hadaway 2002-12-01 16:34:57 UTC]

I have ported mailx-8.1.2 from the openbsd cvs repository.  Pulled on 
11/29/2002.  It is currently marked unstable, please test.

[Comment 14 Arkadi Shishlov 2002-12-06 10:43:44 UTC]

Small glitch, text files installed with executable bit turned on:
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          105 Dec  6 02:01 /etc/._cfg0000_mail.rc*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1750 Dec  6 02:01 /usr/lib/mail.help*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          863 Dec  6 02:01 /usr/lib/mail.tildehelp*