Re: Questions regarding lsb-invalid-mta
Some background on lsb-invalid-mta:
This package came out of discussions between some Ubuntu developers and
some LSB developers (including me). Basically, Ubuntu wanted to be able
to ship systems that did not include a MTA, and saw the MTA requirement
in the LSB as not useful. We disagreed (based on feedback from software
developers).
The lsb-invalid-mta was the closest we could get to a compromise.
Having the sendmail binary just disappear could cause scripts expecting
it to fail in unexpected ways. OTOH, the sendmail binary has documented
error settings, and returning an error is a valid response.
It would seem that the package made its way into Debian in our effort to
harmonize the Debian and Ubuntu LSB packages.
I agree with you that the proper thing to do here is to provide a proper
MTA when installing the "lsb" package. Perhaps we should not build
"lsb-invalid-mta" in Debian as part of the "lsb" package, while perhaps
allowing it to be built on Ubuntu.
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