From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternate mta's
Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 11:23:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51862509.1010600@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51856CBD.60908@libertytrek.org>
On 04/05/2013 22:17, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-05-04 3:27 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 04/05/2013 18:52, Tanstaafl wrote:
>>> Ok, I have msmpt installed and working just fine.
>>>
>>> Now, all of a sudden, emerge -pvuDN world wants to install mailx.
>>>
>>> equery depends mailx says rkhunter is pulling it in via virtual/mailx
>>>
>>> Why isn't this dependency satisfied by the presence of msmtp?
>>>
>>> And more importantly, how can I fix it without installing mailx?
>
>> Simplest answer:
>>
>> It was never done because nobody did it.
>>
>> Whoever maintains virtual/mailx does so believing they have a decent set
>> of implementations available for you to use. There was never any
>> guarantee there that all possible satisfiers for virtual/mailx would be
>> listed.
>>
>> File a feature request at b.g.o. if you feel msmtp satsifies
>> virtual/mailx.
>
> Actually, I'm not really concerned about virtual/mails...
You should be, it's at the core of the problem surely?
Your original mail said that rkhunter was pulling in mailx via
virtual/mailx. Which mailx do you mean by that? virtual/mailx or
mail-client/mailx?
I assumed the latter as that's the only reading that makes sense.
>
> My question is why does it want to install the full program
> 'net-mail/mailx'? That would mean I had two mta's on my system, which
> should be a conflict, right? I know if I try to install postfix, it
> complains about msmtp as a blocker.
That's as an MTA. This thread is about mail clients. Not related
All you seem to be dealing with is what looks like a incomplete list of
providers for virtual/mailx. Portage won't consider msmtp as satisfying
that need as the ebuild for virtual/mailx does not list msmtp.
Your options:
- install mail-client/mailx, or
- have msmtp added to virtual/mailx as a feature request.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-05 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-04 16:52 [gentoo-user] alternate mta's Tanstaafl
2013-05-04 19:27 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-05-04 20:17 ` Tanstaafl
2013-05-04 22:01 ` Marc Joliet
2013-05-04 22:15 ` Tanstaafl
2013-05-04 23:46 ` Thanasis
2013-05-05 14:28 ` SOLVED - " Tanstaafl
2013-05-05 9:45 ` Marc Joliet
2013-05-05 9:23 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2013-05-05 14:35 ` Tanstaafl
2013-05-05 15:46 ` Todd Goodman
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