Bug 16852

Summary:	cron ebuilds need "mail" command
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) <greg_g>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	agriffis, mr_bones_
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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
Steps to Reproduce:

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.