Bug 834535

Summary:	sys-apps/smartmontools RDEPEND on virtual/mta
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Daniel Hiepler <d-too>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Daniel Hiepler 2022-03-03 16:54:38 UTC

Currently smartmontools with "daemon" use flag depends on virtual/mailx which provides MUA functionality. I suppose smartmontools never needs to receive mail, so instead depending on virtual/mta would make more sense.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge ssmtp
2. configure ssmtp
3. echo 'sys-apps/smartmontools daemon' > /etc/portage/package.use/smartmontools
4. emerge smartmontools
Actual Results:  
mailutils (virtual/mailx) gets pulled in even though a working MTA is already present.

Expected Results:  
smartmontools using ssmtp to send mail and not installing a parallel mail infrastructure.