Package: bsd-mailx Version: 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
There are 3 packages providing 'mailx' virtual package (as of Testing): 'bsd- mailx', 'mailutils', 'heirloom-mailx'; if the "default" 'bsd-mailx' package isn't installed (or has been removed), 'heirloom-mailx' seems to be selected as the default one for 'mailx' (instead of usual 'bsd-mailx'). --- # apt-get install mailx Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Package mailx is a virtual package provided by: mailutils 1:2.2+dfsg1-6+b1 heirloom-mailx 12.5-2 bsd-mailx 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 E: Package 'mailx' has no installation candidate --- # apt-get install exim4 Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following extra packages will be installed: exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light heirloom-mailx Suggested packages: eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info spf-tools-perl swaks Recommended packages: mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light heirloom-mailx 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,406 kB/2,414 kB of archives. After this operation, 4,406 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. --- $ apt-cache madison mailutils heirloom-mailx bsd-mailx mailutils | 1:2.2+dfsg1-6+b1 | http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages heirloom-mailx | 12.5-2 | http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages bsd-mailx | 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 | http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bsd-mailx depends on: ii base-files 6.9 ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.77-1+b1 ii libbsd0 0.4.0-1 ii libc6 2.13-33 ii liblockfile1 1.09-3 bsd-mailx recommends no packages. bsd-mailx suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
