Your message dated Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:18:38 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#992475: fixed in exim4 4.95~RC2-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #992475, regarding exim4-base recommends mailx, which often has heavy dependencies to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: exim4 Version: 4.94.2-7 Severity: normal Tags: patch Exim4 Maintainers, Installing exim4-base often results in a boatload of unnecessary packages being installed. This is because exim4-base recommends virtual package mailx, which mailutils (and its heavy dependencies) provides. The solution is to recommend "bsd-mailx | mailx" instead. Here are two similar bug reports: #677944 - bsd-mailx: should be a high-priority candidate to provide the 'mailx' virtual package https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677944#28 #849743 - logrotate: Please specify a default mailx provider https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=849743 Below are the following: 1) *untested* patch for debian/control 2) "apt install exim4-base" debug output 3) "apt install bsd-mailx exim4-base" debug output Thank you! Daniel Lewart Urbana, Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- debian/control.orig 2021-07-13 11:12:50.000000000 -0500 +++ debian/control 2021-08-18 00:00:00.000000000 -0500 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} # psmisc just for exiwhat. -Recommends: mailx, psmisc +Recommends: bsd-mailx | mailx, psmisc Suggests: exim4-doc-html | exim4-doc-info, eximon4, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ apt -s -o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1 install exim4-base > /dev/null Installing exim4-config:amd64 as Depends of exim4-base:amd64 Installing mailutils:amd64 as Recommends of exim4-base:amd64 Installing mailutils-common:amd64 as Depends of mailutils:amd64 Installing libfribidi0:amd64 as Depends of mailutils:amd64 Installing libgsasl7:amd64 as Depends of mailutils:amd64 Installing gsasl-common:amd64 as Depends of libgsasl7:amd64 Installing libidn11:amd64 as Depends of libgsasl7:amd64 Installing libntlm0:amd64 as Depends of libgsasl7:amd64 Installing libmailutils7:amd64 as Depends of mailutils:amd64 Installing guile-2.2-libs:amd64 as Depends of libmailutils7:amd64 Installing libgc1:amd64 as Depends of guile-2.2-libs:amd64 Installing libltdl7:amd64 as Depends of guile-2.2-libs:amd64 Installing libmariadb3:amd64 as Depends of libmailutils7:amd64 Installing mariadb-common:amd64 as Depends of libmariadb3:amd64 Installing mysql-common:amd64 as Depends of mariadb-common:amd64 Installing libpython3.9:amd64 as Depends of libmailutils7:amd64 Installing exim4-daemon-light:amd64 as Recommends of mailutils:amd64 Installing libgnutls-dane0:amd64 as Depends of exim4-daemon-light:amd64 Installing libunbound8:amd64 as Depends of libgnutls-dane0:amd64 Installing libevent-2.1-7:amd64 as Depends of libunbound8:amd64 Installing psmisc:amd64 as Recommends of exim4-base:amd64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ apt -s -o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1 install bsd-mailx exim4-base > /dev/null Installing exim4-daemon-light:amd64 as Depends of bsd-mailx:amd64 Installing libgnutls-dane0:amd64 as Depends of exim4-daemon-light:amd64 Installing libunbound8:amd64 as Depends of libgnutls-dane0:amd64 Installing libevent-2.1-7:amd64 as Depends of libunbound8:amd64 Installing libidn11:amd64 as Depends of exim4-daemon-light:amd64 Installing liblockfile1:amd64 as Depends of bsd-mailx:amd64 Installing exim4-config:amd64 as Depends of exim4-base:amd64 Installing psmisc:amd64 as Recommends of exim4-base:amd64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--- Begin Message ---Source: exim4 Source-Version: 4.95~RC2-1 Done: Andreas Metzler <[email protected]> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of exim4, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Andreas Metzler <[email protected]> (supplier of updated exim4 package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:18:59 +0200 Source: exim4 Architecture: source Version: 4.95~RC2-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers <[email protected]> Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <[email protected]> Closes: 992475 Changes: exim4 (4.95~RC2-1) unstable; urgency=low . * Let exim4-base recommend bsd-mailx|mailx instead of only the virtual package. (Thanks, Daniel Lewart) Closes: #992475 * New upstream version. + Update debian/example.conf.md5, no changes needed. * Upload to unstable. Checksums-Sha1: d020aa34bcdbf9f1cbdfb53f40abc6900039cdc6 2928 exim4_4.95~RC2-1.dsc ac37ac3b852cf629f86d782d0bd46181e3fdc982 1864768 exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz 2b426a80b77e35d81b1a1d03f5f44ae237109391 488 exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz.asc 250e79be8e2eb6989397928613194ffe7991bf29 465164 exim4_4.95~RC2-1.debian.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: 92d870e103cc4d8d042a7142e0992d5f3e977b61d75934dcc94c61c33b2456d6 2928 exim4_4.95~RC2-1.dsc 67cb14615f880859933c82fc56d4bd5a5875d6e72e6cb8131ad4e9d325c63245 1864768 exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz ac64051e6f75f62470127c8e37e4657fe8ae153108a368c2e9058aa496d9a984 488 exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz.asc 5da4ac0e3583f91323e4a07b75c91618c5b76422e5ca14425160c706ce7b21e7 465164 exim4_4.95~RC2-1.debian.tar.xz Files: c9d0cefcd5c43e24ca5001dddafa18f9 2928 mail standard exim4_4.95~RC2-1.dsc 871243018f309dae0b8bf5fe2ad7bfc3 1864768 mail standard exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz c6d97099ee8b7693d03c86c75f934f42 488 mail standard exim4_4.95~RC2.orig.tar.xz.asc 1a9fa2e9ba486c7db1887dc38024f715 465164 mail standard exim4_4.95~RC2-1.debian.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE0uCSA5741Jbt9PpepU8BhUOCFIQFAmEqHCMACgkQpU8BhUOC FIStAA//c9/OOsmFqSRNQE0hNRR+DILPxVGwDQ6QhX8viyplF1AJRN0NH+aqSvxa 6o5jGdediUYQAZN81eP/uFeWEPBz0ODffwK/GlYfTiFHShOrR0LHO+N7PHNQuukC Hg3rjghtJfcOwYVfM8FoXeLoMgiq6Qw5WVFZbVWUw0Oz3PCEQ696cara5FWDEXwy s9qmsWr5nrXB3WtRV8fUPJYsxYECMz0yLQ2B4IDRWJMYAbRcqLopw4oyYQPQSZUB M75ri4q/sPVdRRghy7nT0RRWLMQ/d+ZcSbqLlxoP7eKSjr7pRls9wvCCRVbByNdd GrBCRs9jVLFWIcdwjBhIzHMgosWlT+yDXlYHjYYcDOUpqHO0bdfwERpxLultHCU/ aCT1FmsH0VcAJgTE5xklRSluEh3/wdbnjh/48ZBwgDrPJducoRafyefwdwrClknr s57gKO2hBNi4tjqitnh6zDtxLwOnD8shtDPku0o4OYAe/vL5ISVMIwaBP1iB28A6 1szIR9uSwdMFI2KlmUTxvRquq3x78J2flooxNdEiMwkiEvYCUaeus8aFyj7eTYlL 4lSYQrl1WtWMp6cbxifNsAvPjUqXvLPAFPCSksVJbnlL2q638g5sip63wY6ehFYh 4TyYQKBTT72kIP2GBvcbCeyUdpX7XbQXgj1eBqqDdsGOi1HHLzc= =6Tft -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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