Bug 236371 – sys-process/dcron-3.2 doesn't send mail

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 189660
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Beppe 2008-09-01 17:36:52 UTC]

cron log shows that it try to use /usr/lib/sendmail which should be /usr/sbin/sendmail.
If we define __DragonFly__ at compile time this will change to the working path.
My suggestion is to add this in the ebuild "sys-process/dcron/dcron-3.2.ebuild"
in "src_compile" funtion
src_compile() {
        append-cppflags -D_GNU_SOURCE # for asprintf()
        append-cppflags -D__DragonFly__ # for sendmail
        emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" || die
}

Regards,
Beppe

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a cron job :: echo -e "send this"



Actual Results:  
Look in /var/log/cron.log

Expected Results:  
mail sent

[Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2008-09-01 20:53:58 UTC]

CC'ing myself here to learn more about the Gentoo/Alt "Product". :)

[Comment 2 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) 2009-05-12 21:06:31 UTC]

which MTA do you have this problem with?

i have ssmtp installed and it provides a symlink

$ ls -l /usr/lib/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-01-27 21:10 /usr/lib/sendmail -> /usr/sbin/ssmtp

could this be a dupe of #189660 (where exim doesnt provide the link)?

thanks 

[Comment 3 Beppe 2009-05-31 18:14:50 UTC]

Duplicate it is.
I'm using sendmail, feels more like a dcron issue,
Anyway symlink works fine 2!


Many thanks,
Beppe

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 189660 ***