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On 2025-11-13 23.07, Norman Ramsey wrote:
> > Hi, the heirloom-mailx package has been removed in version 14.9.4-1. You
> > likely have an old version of the package installed. Relevant changelog
> > excerpt:
> >
> > s-nail (14.9.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
> >
> > * New upstream version 14.9.4
> > * Modernize package: DH compat level, Vcs-* URL, Standards-Version
> > * Remove heirloom-mailx transitional package (Closes: #876871)
> > [...]
>
> Fair enough. Is that a reason to leave #867623 listed as "outstanding"?
> (The issue was resolved in heirloom-mailx 12.5-4, and my tidy mind
> would prefer to see it closed.)
Hi, the mailx alternative was removed in version: 14.8.14-2:
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s-nail (14.8.14-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* Remove mailx alternative for s-nail / heirloom-mailx (Closes: #846062).
The command line interface for mailx is not well-enough defined for
Debian's alternatives system to be useful at all.
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Indeed this bug was filed (by you, I now realize) against version
14.8.16-1, i.e. after 14.8.14-2.
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