Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

[Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net>]

At 1996-08-07 09:57 +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
>You (Michael Shields) wrote:
>> Package: sendmail
>> Version: 8.7.5-4
>>
>> sendmail depends on deliver.  However, in at least two common
>> configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run
>> perfectly without deliver.  sendmail should only recommend it.
>
>And as a result you can install sendmail without deliver and your
>mail installation won't work at all..

I guess sendmailconfig would have to check for this, since whether you need
deliver or not depends on your answers to the prompts.

>Sendmail should come with mail.local instead of deliver IMHO.

That would work too.

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