retitle 439486 mh-e requires sendmail.el, which needs /usr/bin/mail installed thanks
Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: mh-e > version: 8.0.3-2 > Severity: serious > User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20070823 qa-ftbfs > Justification: FTBFS on i386 > > Hi, > > During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build > on i386. > > Relevant part: > emacs --batch --no-site-file --multibyte --eval "(setq load-path (cons \".\" > (cons \"emacs/lisp/mh-e\" load-path)))" -f batch-byte-compile > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-buffers.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-e.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-folder.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-funcs.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-identity.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-inc.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-junk.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-letter.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-limit.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-mime.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-print.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-scan.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-seq.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-show.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-speed.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-thread.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-tool-bar.el > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-utils.el emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-xface.el > No MH variant found on the system This isn't the problem... > Wrote /build/user/mh-e-8.0.3/emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.elc > Wrote /build/user/mh-e-8.0.3/emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-buffers.elc > > In toplevel form: > emacs/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el:43:1:Error: /usr/bin/mail is not executable The above is the problem. I had the same situation with emacs-goodies-el for bug 434104. I suppose mh-e will need to build-depend on nmh, which will pull in a MUA to provide /usr/bin/mail. -- Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]