Missing dependency for MTA

Bug #255777 reported by Chris Pimlott
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
websec (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
websec (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: websec

websec looks for a sendmail binary to send its notifications, but the package does not have a dependency to ensure it is available.

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Error mailing document: Can't find the 'sendmail' program

The package dependencies should be updated to make sure an email sending program is available. I don't know all the ins and outs of dpkg symbols but "Requires: mail-transport-agent" might be the right solution?

I'm guess this is probably an upstream issue from the original Debian package.

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guidol (monk-e) wrote :

Confirmed on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian Lenny.

Changed in websec:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in websec:
status: Unknown → New
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

I'm working on it

Changed in websec:
assignee: nobody → quadrispro
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

debdiff attached

Changed in websec:
assignee: quadrispro → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Lionel Porcheron (lionel.porcheron) wrote :

mail-transfer-agent is a virtual package, you should not depend on it directly. You should depends on something like postfix | mail-transfer-agent (assuming postfix is the prefered MTA for ubuntu).

Changed in websec:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Siegfried Gevatter (rainct) wrote :

Unsubscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors because of Lionel's comment...

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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

I'm working on it.

Changed in websec:
assignee: nobody → quadrispro
status: Incomplete → In Progress
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

fixed debdiff

Changed in websec:
assignee: quadrispro → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package websec - 1.9.0-4ubuntu1

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websec (1.9.0-4ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Depend on postfix | mail-transport-agent (LP: #255777).

 -- Alessio Treglia <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:59 +0200

Changed in websec:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in websec (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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