"I agree with all of the previous comments that Recommends should be moved to Suggests, and categorically disagree with Daniel T Chen's decision to mark this as Won't Fix.
PLEASE RE-OPEN AND *FIX* THIS DEFECT, rather than quietly closing it without addressing community demands." I agree with Noel's comment. Forcing users to install exim4 when installing smartmontools is making Ubuntu look bloaty. Ordinary users won't even notice that the root user has received new mail because they're using only sudo. -- smartmontools recommends mailx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs