On Saturday 16 Nov 2013 15:03:57 Tanstaafl wrote:

> My real question is, why can portage do this (send emails without a
> local MTA installed)?

Portage needs to depend on as few other packages as possible. If it required 
an MTA on a new system, all sorts of dependency loops and other problems would 
ensue in some cases.

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Regards,
Peter


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