* Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> [130504 16:18]: > On 2013-05-04 3:27 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 04/05/2013 18:52, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> Ok, I have msmpt installed and working just fine. > >> > >> Now, all of a sudden, emerge -pvuDN world wants to install mailx. > >> > >> equery depends mailx says rkhunter is pulling it in via virtual/mailx > >> > >> Why isn't this dependency satisfied by the presence of msmtp? > >> > >> And more importantly, how can I fix it without installing mailx? > > > Simplest answer: > > > > It was never done because nobody did it. > > > > Whoever maintains virtual/mailx does so believing they have a decent set > > of implementations available for you to use. There was never any > > guarantee there that all possible satisfiers for virtual/mailx would be > > listed. > > > > File a feature request at b.g.o. if you feel msmtp satsifies virtual/mailx. > > Actually, I'm not really concerned about virtual/mails... > > My question is why does it want to install the full program > 'net-mail/mailx'? That would mean I had two mta's on my system, which > should be a conflict, right? I know if I try to install postfix, it > complains about msmtp as a blocker.
mailx is an MUA, not an MTA. You can have as many MUAs as you like.
