Paul Gevers wrote: > I have the attached patch ready to push. I'm wondering if we need more > detailed instructions. > > + <section id="fail2ban"> > + <title>fail2ban can't send e-mail using mail from bsd-mailx</title> > + <para> > + The <systemitem role="package">fail2ban</systemitem> package can > + be configured to send out e-mail notifications. It does that > + using <command>mail</command>, which is provided by multiple > + packages in Debian. A security update (needed on systems that
Has bullseye added extra providers for mailx? On buster there's only bsd-mailx and mailutils. Mind you, fail2ban only Suggests mailx, so maybe it's assuming some more complicated alternative. > + use <command>mail</command> from <systemitem > + role="package">mailutils</systemitem>) just before the release > + of bullseye broke this functionality for systems that have > + <command>mail</command> provided by <systemitem > + role="package">bsd-mailx</systemitem>. Users of > + <systemitem>fail2ban</systemitem> in combination with Don't these need to be <systemitem role="package">? I'm not sure what <systemitem> on its own does. > + <systemitem>bsd-mailx</systemitem> that wish English fix: I'd prefer who wish > + <systemitem>fail2ban</systemitem> to send out e-mail, should English fix: better without a comma here ^ > + either switch to a different provide for <command>mail</command> English fix: typo provider (but if there's no other provider, we might as well say "switch to mailutils") > + or manually unapply <ulink > + > url="https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844">the > + upstream commit</ulink> (all files are in > + <filename>/etc/fail2ban/action.d/</filename>). > + </para> > + </section> > + A suggestion for a slightly more detailed version: or manually unapply <ulink url="https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844">the upstream commit</ulink> (which inserted the string "<literal>-E 'set escape'</literal>" in multiple places under <filename>/etc/fail2ban/action.d/</filename>). -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package