Bug 7448

Summary:	ssmtp ebuild issue (/usr/bin/mail)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mike Javorski <mike.javorski>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Nick Hadaway <grandmasterlinux>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Updated ebuild to fix /usr/bin/mail symlink issue

Description Mike Javorski 2002-09-04 03:17:11 UTC

The current ssmtp ebuild (ssmtp-2.38.14-r1) creates a symlink to the sendmail
program from /usr/bin/mail.  This should be removed as the sendmail command does
not support the same syntax as the mail command. 

This also overrides the /bin/mail command (due to PATH order) provided by the
mailx ebuild (which does support the mail command syntax correctly)

This "issue" can be simply resolved by removing the following line from the ebuild.

 dosym /usr/sbin/ssmtp /usr/bin/mail

I will attach a new ebuild with this change performed.

- Mike

Comment 1 Mike Javorski 2002-09-04 03:18:47 UTC

Created attachment 3639 [details]
Updated ebuild to fix /usr/bin/mail symlink issue

Comment 2 Mike Javorski 2002-09-04 03:20:25 UTC

Attachment should have been called: ssmtp-2.38.14-r2.ebuild - Sorry.

Comment 3 Nick Hadaway 2002-09-05 10:19:58 UTC

The ebuild has been updated.  It should be available in portage within 24 hours.
I did not make a new revision as it is not a significant enough change in the
ebuild.  Thanks for reporting the bug!