Package: apt-listchanges
Version: 2.59-0.2
Severity: normal
Hi,
When installing apt-listchanges, only one question is asked on the
"medium" level or higher: apt-listchanges/frontend.
Even if I choose, say, "pager", apt-listchanges will assume that I
also want changes mailed to root. This is a little bit surprising.
Furthermore, apt-listchanges will also assume that /usr/sbin/sendmail
is available. However, there are no dependencies that provide
/usr/sbin/sendmail.
IMO it is correct that I can install apt-listchanges even if I don't
have /usr/sbin/sendmail; apt-listchanges can be a useful tool without
/usr/sbin/sendmail, if only it is correctly configured.
However, I think it should not try to send any emails by default,
without any warning. This could be easily changed by simply making the
priority of the apt-listchanges/email-address question higher.
If you don't agree, you could also fix this problem as follows:
- When sending email, test first if /usr/sbin/sendmail exists.
- If it does not exist, print something like this:
"apt-listchanges is configured to send all changes to <email>.
However, /usr/sbin/sendmail does not exist and thus I cannot
send any emails. Please run 'dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges'
in order to disable sending emails."
Best regards,
Jukka Suomela
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages apt-listchanges depends on:
ii apt 0.6.41 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii debconf 1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.14.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii python 2.3.5-3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-apt 0.6.13.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii ucf 2.001 Update Configuration File: preserv
apt-listchanges recommends no packages.
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