There was initial work on turning much of mailutils' functionality into loadable modules 7-10 years ago. With 1:3.19-1 this appears to have been completed. In particular notice /lib/<triplet>/libmu_*.so.9.0.0 for each module.
I would actually prefer for every module to be a distinct package (#1121221), but merely splitting "auth" out would remove the concerning dependencies. Now all the other packages which make it difficult to install anything without *both* PostgreSQL and MariaDB... -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \BS ( | [email protected] PGP 87145445 | ) / \_CS\ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ 8A19\___\_|_/58D2 7E3D DDF4 7BA6 <-PGP-> 41D1 B375 37D0 8714\_|_/___/5445

