Drupal package lists exim instead of postfix as preferred MTA
Bug #582255 reported by
Jan Claeys
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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drupal6 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: drupal6
$ apt-cache show drupal6 | grep Depends
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, apache2 | httpd, php5, php5-mysql | php5-pgsql, php5-gd, exim4 | mail-transport-
The dependency on "exim4 | mail-transport-
I suggest this gets fixed before 10.04.1 so that the packaging follows what the documentation says?
Related branches
Changed in drupal6 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: patch |
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The fix for this particular package is easy, changing 'exim4' to 'default-mta'.This raises the bigger question of whether we should apply such a change to all debian packages that depend on exim4 and aren't exim4 specific. There are quite a few listed in exim4's reverse depends:
Reverse Depends: src-4.3, exim4 party,exim4 clients, exim4 tracker3. 8,exim4 drac,exim4 accountd, exim4 server- web,exim4 opensource, exim4 perl,exim4 article- perl,exim4 mailx,exim4 mta-exim4, exim4 server, exim4 reminder, exim4 monitor, exim4 server, exim4 tools,exim4 es,exim4
logcheck,exim4
trn4,exim4
xdeview,exim4
whatsnewfm,exim4
wanna-build,exim4
vzdump,exim4
vm,exim4
uudeview,exim4
uucp,exim4
usemod-wiki,exim4
uqwk-spool,exim4
typo3-
typo3-dummy,exim4
tripwire,exim4
tkrat,exim4
tin,exim4
systraq,exim4
sxid,exim4
solid-pop3d,exim4
sn,exim4
smokeping,exim4
signing-
schleuder,exim4
sauce,exim4
rt3.8-
rkhunter,exim4
request-
reportbug,exim4
renattach,exim4
qpopper-
qpopper,exim4
psad,exim4
prayer-
prayer,exim4
popa3d,exim4
phpbb3,exim4
mumble-
movabletype-
mlmmj,exim4
mailutils,exim4
mailto,exim4
mailscanner,exim4
maildrop,exim4
mailagent,exim4
log2mail,exim4
lire,exim4
libsbuild-
libnews-
killer,exim4
ipband,exim4
inn2,exim4
ifgate,exim4
heirloom-
gup,exim4
greylistd,exim4
gotmail,exim4
gosa,exim4
gnats-user,exim4
gnats,exim4
gforge-
fwknop-
fcron,exim4
email-
drupal6,exim4
debsecan,exim4
darcs-
citadel-
buildd,exim4
bugzilla3,exim4
biabam,exim4
autolog,exim4
altermime,exim4
alpine,exim4
subversion-
mailman,exim4
logcheck,exim4
cron,exim4
apt-listchang