Package: mysql-server Version: 4.0.24-10 The dependence on mailx prevents us from installing it. At our site, we have replacement command-line MUAs that conflict with the mailx package, and thus we cannot install anything that depends on mailx. There is a long complicated history to the command-line programs that go under the names "mail", "Mail", "mailx", and they do not all behave the same; in particular, modern versions (e.g., nail) may even ask for a password when sending a message (so that a copy of the message can be placed in the sent-mail folder on a remote IMAP server), and this interaction breaks scripts/programs that invoke these MUAs to send an outgoing message. Programs should invoke an MTA (or MSA), not an MUA.
For example, you could depend on mail-transport-agent instead of depending on mailx, and then call "sendmail" (which might actually be provided by postfix or exim or a nullmailer) to send the message. To do this, the scripting difference is essentially this: /usr/bin/mail -s "This is a subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<<EOT And this is the body. EOT /usr/sbin/sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<<EOT Subject: This is a subject And this is the body. EOT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
