msmtp doesn't provide mail-transport-agent

reassign 328123 msmtp
thanks

> On my mobile host, I don't see any use for running any mail-transport-agent,
> such as exim or postfix. Instead I use msmtp to talk to my SMTP-server. Still, I
> can't remove my mail-transport-agent, as mutt insists on having one installed.
> Thus I suggest to depend on mail-transport-agent | exim4 | msmtp, if any.

It's up to msmtp to decide if it wants to "Provides:
mail-transport-agent".

(And the first alternative in the Depends: line has to be a real
package for technical reason, that's why it's "exim4 |
mail-transport-agent" in mutt.)

Christoph
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Well, i'm not sure if msmtp is really a valid replacement for
mail-transport-agent. I've tryed the sendmail mode few weeks ago and as
a result, i've lost some mails like crontabs or debconf notes. I do
consider loosing mail a minor problem so i will not provide
mail-transport-agent, for instance. I thought to add the Enhances field
but i don't know if this field is used by modern package manager.

I keep in mind your request (which is the same as #296041) and i'll try
to fix this issue as soon as possible.

Cheers
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E R E
R P R
E R E L'époque de la lutte contre le chômage (les emplois fictifs).
  -- Breton, J.C.

block 337714 by 328123
thanks (control bcc'ed)

* Stefan Ott [Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:12:23 +0100]:

> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.5.9-2
> Severity: wishlist

> Hi

Hi Stefan,

> It would be nice if the dependecies were changed to "exim4 |
> mail-transport-agent | msmtp". msmtp is an smtp client that can be used
> to send mail from mutt. With msmtp installed mutt, works perfectly fine
> (eg. as an IMAP client) without the need of an MTA.

  Note that there is #328123 open against msmtp asking for it to provide
  mail-transport-agent. My current take on this bug is the following: I
  prefer not to touch mutt's Depends line until that bug in msmtp gets
  resolved: if msmtp ends up providing: m-t-a, this bug will be solved,
  and if the maintainer determines msmtp can't provide m-t-a, I will add
  "| msmtp" to mutt's Depend line.

  Does this sound reasonable to you? In the meantime, you can use equivs
  to create a dummy mail-transport-agent package.

  Cheers,

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Adeodato Simó
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Hi

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 01:44:39AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:

> Note that there is #328123 open against msmtp asking for it to provide
> mail-transport-agent. My current take on this bug is the following: I
> prefer not to touch mutt's Depends line until that bug in msmtp gets
> resolved: if msmtp ends up providing: m-t-a, this bug will be solved,
> and if the maintainer determines msmtp can't provide m-t-a, I will add
> "| msmtp" to mutt's Depend line.
>
> Does this sound reasonable to you? In the meantime, you can use equivs
> to create a dummy mail-transport-agent package.

Oh, I didn't notice that bug - that's perfectly fine with me.

Thanks & Regards
Stefan
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Stefan Ott
http://www.desire.ch/

"It's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does
everything." -- Homer Simpson

Source: msmtp
Source-Version: 1.4.7-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
msmtp, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

msmtp_1.4.7-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.4.7-3.diff.gz
msmtp_1.4.7-3.dsc
  to pool/main/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.4.7-3.dsc
msmtp_1.4.7-3_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.4.7-3_amd64.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Julien Louis <email address hidden> (supplier of updated msmtp package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:16:56 +0100
Source: msmtp
Binary: msmtp
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.4.7-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Julien Louis <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Julien Louis <email address hidden>
Description:
 msmtp - light SMTP client with support for server profiles
Closes: 296041 328123
Changes:
 msmtp (1.4.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Provides mail-transport-agent (closes: #296041, #328123).
   * Add debconf templates to configure the default system account
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