control: reassign -1 bsd-mailx control: debian has patched bsd-mailx to hardcode /tmp control: affects -1 logcheck thanks
On Sun, Jul 06, 2025 at 12:47:36PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 at 12:01, Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> wrote: > > > --- what provides mail(1) --is it mailx or mailutils etc? (probably doesnt > > > matter, but.) > > > > bsd-mailx > > i'm not sure, but i think this may be the problem --- looking at > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bsd-mailx/-/blob/master/send.c and > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bsd-mailx/-/blob/master/debian/patches/02-Base-fixes-1.patch > it seems debian has patched bsd-mailx to hardcode /tmp (im not sure > about this, i only read the code on salsa, and couldnt spot where the > directory was set)? ic! > does it work to use mailutils instead? installing it on a system atm. didnt help, because i also had to remove bsd-mailx. then it worked \o/ > does editing /sbin/chkrootkit-daily to use sendmail fix it (something > like this): i'd rather not edit files in /sbin :) thanks! -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
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