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Bug 172912 - mail-client/nail does not provide virtual/mailx
Summary: mail-client/nail does not provide virtual/mailx
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-03-31 17:53 UTC by Boney McCracker
Modified: 2007-03-31 21:13 UTC (History)
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Description Boney McCracker 2007-03-31 17:53:00 UTC 
I believe nail (heirloom mailx) is by design mailx compatible (i.e. a "drop in replacement").  

However, it does not appear to provide virtual/mailx:
# dep -R virtual/mailx
virtual/mailx:
        mail-client/mailx                   8.1.2.20040524-r1


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge nail
2. unmerge mailx
3. revdep-rebuild

Actual Results:  
mailx will be re-emerged to fulfil requirements for virtual/mailx.

Expected Results:  
nail should satisfy any requirements for virtual/mailx.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-03-31 17:56:28 UTC 
$ grep PROVIDE /usr/portage/mail-client/nail/*
/usr/portage/mail-client/nail/nail-11.25-r3.ebuild:PROVIDE="virtual/mailx"
Comment 2 Boney McCracker 2007-03-31 18:13:00 UTC 
Sorry for wasting your time.  

I guess it's a bug in udept, which I used to see if what was providing virtual/mailx.
Comment 3 Boney McCracker 2007-03-31 18:39:36 UTC 
Correction:  It was user error; I omitted the -n option from udept.  My apologies again.

# dep -Rn mailx
virtual/mailx:
        mail-client/mailx                   8.1.2.20040524-r1
        mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20040524-r1
        mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715
        mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r1
        mail-client/nail-11.25-r3
        net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r3
Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-03-31 21:13:21 UTC 
No problem. Closing ;)