439702 – app-admin/sudo - add USE=mail

Bug 439702 - app-admin/sudo - add USE=mail

Summary: app-admin/sudo - add USE=mail

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2012-10-26 03:06 UTC by Anthony Ryan
Modified:	2013-06-23 08:57 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Add USE=mail (sudo-use-mail.patch,867 bytes, patch) 2013-01-03 04:09 UTC, Anthony Ryan	Details \| Diff
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Description Anthony Ryan 2012-10-26 03:06:27 UTC

I would like to propose the inclusion of a mail use flag for this package, making it possible to remove the dependency on virtual/mta.

Looking at the configure options for sudo: --without-sendmail appears to disable dependence on a mail program being installed.


I also suggest that this be disabled by default, because an unobservant server admin could install sudo and not realize a mail relay program was also installed.

It may however, most likely preferable to enable the flag by default, to keep the existing behavior.

Comment 1 Anthony Ryan 2013-01-03 04:09:16 UTC

Created attachment 334134 [details, diff]
Add USE=mail

Comment 2 Anthony Ryan 2013-06-23 08:57:51 UTC

It appears this has been implemented completely independently of this ticket since it was created. I am marking this as resolved.

http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.6_p8.ebuild?revision=1.2&view=markup