UUCP uses rmail to inject mail coming in via uucp into the local mail
system. Not so long ago all MTAs provided rmail[1], so (indirectly)
depending on mail-transfer-agent gave uucp the interface it needed.
Now sendmail decided to split off rmail, which of course breaks
sendmail+uucp installations unless the rmail package is installed.
There are two options as I see it right now:
- Require that the MTA provides rmail (either by having their own,
or by depending on rmail).
- Introduce a new virtual package 'rmail' and all packages having an
rmail could declare "Provides: rmail". UUCP could then depend on
rmail rather than a mailer.
Both ways would work for me. There is a 3rd option, but which I really
hate:
- uucp depending on "postfix | exim | exim4-daemon-light | ..... | rmail"
My favorite short term solution is to get sendmail fixed, option 2
requires all MTA packages but sendmail/rmail be changed. What's your
opinion on that.
Peter
1. With the only exception being ssmtp and nullmailer but nobody in their
right mind would install them on a uucp system.
2. #232664
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