Bug 144239

Summary:	mail-client/mailx needs net-mail/mailwrapper to send email when USE=mailwrapper
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Georgi Georgiev <chutz+bugs.gentoo.org>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Georgi Georgiev 2006-08-17 12:35:40 UTC

Steps to reproduce:

1. emerge -C mailwrapper
2. emerge mailx
2.5. USE=mailwrapper emerge virtual/mta
3. echo Test | mail -s Subject someone@example.com

Actual results:
mail: /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed

Expected results:
No error

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-17 12:44:53 UTC

mailx has no mailwrapper USE flag; that flag is for MTAs only. Either the MTA supports USE=mailwrapper and then it RDEPENDs on it, or it doesn't and then it will install /usr/sbin/sendmail. 

Your steps to reproduce don't make sense.

Comment 2 Georgi Georgiev 2006-08-17 13:11:06 UTC

My bad. It was a problem with an outdated qmail that I had prevented from upgrading. So there was nothing to pull the mailwrapper dependency.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-18 03:51:56 UTC

OK, closing. Thanks for reporting back.