Public bug reported:
The package "libapache-mod-evasive" has a dependency on mailx to send
email notifications. However, these notifications are an optional
feature, a feature without which the package works just fine.
mailx is not that big of a package to install so it's not a problem.
However, all of the packages providing it also depend on default-mta
which my default installs postfix. Installing postfix or another MTA is
generally not what you want unless you are really sure your system
should send mail.
To mitigate this, I suggest downgrading mailx from a hard dependency to
a recommended dependency. That way most people will still install it and
get the default behaviour, but others who don't need it can avoid it.
A current workaround is to install lsb-invalid-mta, but that is not an
ideal solution.
Ubuntu version:
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Package version: libapache-mod-evasive 1.10.1-3
Expected behaviour:
# apt install --no-install-recommends libapache-mod-evasive
The apache module is installed
Observed behaviour:
# apt install --no-install-recommends libapache-mod-evasive
The module is installed, but so is postfix.
** Affects: libapache-mod-evasive (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Unnecessary dependency on mailx
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