If you look carefully, the recommends is actually on mailx. bsd-mailx happens to provide mailx, and bsd-mailx depends on postfix.
In spite of my previous complaints, please note that this was a Debian decision [1] and I can understand why the devs want to avoid further delta with Debian. I guess this is a Won't Fix. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=184890 ** Summary changed: - smartmontools recommends postfix and bsd-mailx + smartmontools recommends mailx ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #184890 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=184890 -- smartmontools recommends mailx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
