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


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