Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases
reopen 29770
thanks
Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Since /etc/aliases is not a conf file belonging to any package
> whatsoever, sectiosn 4.7 and 5.5 are not in conflict. I am closing
> this report.
Really? Look at this:
Package: sendmail
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 1366
Maintainer: Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
Version: 8.9.1-15
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6, libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libdb2 (>= 2.3.16), netbase (>= 1.26-1), m4, procmail | deliver
Recommends: mail-reader
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Conffiles:
/etc/aliases ccc5ffea391f048f3898239eeefda3e0
/etc/nssnodns.conf 458ae61708d817b836ba00f1a796dd83
/etc/init.d/sendmail c3a5f289aacaecf8f36ce73a346de229
Description: A powerful mail transport agent.
Sendmail is an alternative mail transport agent (MTA) for
Debian. It is suitable for handling sophisticated mail
configurations, although this means that its configuration
can also be complex.
.
To deliver mail to local users, sendmail requires either the
`procmail' or `deliver' package to be installed.
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