Bug#285172: ssh: Mail problem during install, should depend on mail-transport-agent?
reassign 285172 debconf
thanks
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 07:45:43PM +0300, Cyril Bouthors wrote:
> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
> Severity: normal
>
> During a Fully Automatic Installation (fai) of Debian sid, I'm
> installing all the packages at the same time, especially
> exim4-daemon-heavy and ssh.
>
> I'm getting the following error:
>
> Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4_i386.deb) ...
> exim: failed to find uid for user name "Debian-exim"
> Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1
>
> I think it's because exim4-daemon-heavy has been unpacked but not
> configured yet and ssh is trying to send a mail.
>
> I think ssh should depend on mail-transport-agent or something.
ssh doesn't send mail, during installation or otherwise. debconf might,
though ...
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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