Bug 508306

Summary:	virtual/mailx: Missing dependency on virtual/mta
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	i.Dark_Templar <idarktemplar>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	alex_y_xu, idarktemplar
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description i.Dark_Templar 2014-04-21 09:25:16 UTC

virtual/mailx depends on one of three packages: mail-client/mailx, mail-client/nail, net-mail/mailutils.

Only mail-client/mailx and net-mail/mailutils depend on virtual/mta, while mail-client/nail does not depend on it.

I'd like to either:
1) make virtual/mailx depend on virtual/mta directly
2) make mail-client/nail depend on virtual/mta

Do both these changes may be a good idea too.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2014-04-21 23:18:02 UTC

I would conjecture that a hard dependency is not justified because these clients can also read mail on other systems. Assigning anyways.

Comment 2 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev

2014-04-26 11:19:29 UTC

Agreed.  AFAICS no need for an MTA to read mail.

Comment 3 i.Dark_Templar 2014-04-27 05:57:34 UTC

Why in this case mailx and mailutils depend on virtual/mta? Is there any need for these packages to depend on virtual/mta?