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lsb package

  1. Bug #141641
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 141641

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 141641] Re: installing lsb requires postfix

Till Kamppeter [2009-06-12 14:54 -0000]:
> Now the only problem is that we must make the use of ssmtp automatic, so
> that postfix does not get installed when a user tries to install an LSB
> package, especially a manufacturer-supplied printer driver.

As I pointed out, I'd object to that. We did such a thing in the past
(ship a cripped MTA by default), and people didn't like us for that.

The LSB requirement was certainly not written with the idea in mind to
swallow all input to sendmail into a big black hole.

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