Bug 524006 – mail-mta/opensmtpd should depend on net-mail/mailbase for /var/mail

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description consus 2014-09-29 10:36:55 UTC]

OpenSMTPD can operate as MDA (enabled in smtpd.conf by default) and requires /var/mail directory for that. The problem is -- if this directory is missing, smtpd won't create it by itself and will not deliver in that case. We already have this directory provided by net-mail/mailbase (along with a set of useful aliases), so I suggest adding net-mail/mailbase to RDEPENDS.

[Comment 1 consus 2014-09-29 18:39:30 UTC]

Please, stop renaming my bugs. The original name was more accurate, because adding net-mail/mailbase is only my suggestion. I won't stand against dodir'ing /var/mail, patching upstream or any other fix.

[Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2014-09-30 09:29:12 UTC]

(In reply to consus from comment #1)
> Please, stop renaming my bugs.

They are not your bugs.

> The original name was more accurate, because

"Local mail delivery fails" could have many causes. You found exactly one so that should be in the Summary.

[Comment 3 consus 2014-09-30 10:03:56 UTC]

(In reply to Jeroen Roovers from comment #2)
> (In reply to consus from comment #1)
> > Please, stop renaming my bugs.
> 
> They are not your bugs.

We are still on 'Stop annoying our volun

> > The original name was more accurate, because
> 
> "Local mail delivery fails" could have many causes. You found exactly one so
> that should be in the Summary.

Christ... just fix it.

[Comment 4 consus 2014-10-04 19:20:29 UTC]

I have a suggestion: maybe you can give me some proxy maintainer status so we won't have to wait a week for such trivial fixes?

[Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2014-10-04 21:06:26 UTC]

(In reply to consus from comment #4)
> I have a suggestion: maybe you can give me some proxy maintainer status so
> we won't have to wait a week for such trivial fixes?

You already have the workaround, so now you can rest assured that in good time the bug will be fixed, and attend to more important matters.

[Comment 6 consus 2014-10-04 22:06:17 UTC]

> in good time the bug will be fixed

Last time it took you guys more than a month to change the installation path of the kernel module. I don't want to wait weeks for trivial things to get fixed, and I'm offering you a helping hand. I have some time to spend and I would like to become a maintainer so I could be more useful. What should I do?

[Comment 7 grey dot 2014-10-04 22:12:11 UTC]

(In reply to consus from comment #6)
> > in good time the bug will be fixed
> 
> Last time it took you guys more than a month to change the installation path
> of the kernel module. I don't want to wait weeks for trivial things to get
> fixed, and I'm offering you a helping hand. I have some time to spend and I
> would like to become a maintainer so I could be more useful. What should I
> do?

STOP ANNOYING THEIR VOLUNTEERS!!!!!!111

[Comment 8 Consus 2014-10-21 18:00:38 UTC]

> 2014-10-04 21:06:26 UTC
> ... you can rest assured that in good time the bug will be fixed ...

Riiiight.

[Comment 9 Consus 2014-11-01 17:59:51 UTC]

Bump! Really, guys, this is fucking rudiculus.

[Comment 10 Robin Johnson 2014-11-02 18:40:27 UTC]

<hat type='net-mail team'>
mailbase added to deps.
</hat>