It's the nature of a binary distribution like Debian and Ubuntu that
dynamically linked things pull in dependencies to provide those dynamic
libraries even if you don't want them yourself. Removing the dependency
would require a rebuild from source or a patch to the code that pulls it
in to use dlopen(3) or similar instead. However that's not within the
normal design scope of anything in our ecosystem, so I don't think it's
realistic to expect that.
If you want a system that really doesn't dynamically link anything you
don't want, then you want a distribution that is designed to be rebuilt
from source by users, not Debian or Ubuntu.
Pulling in the dependency should be harmless apart from some small disk
space usage. If it is not, then please file a bug with specifics about
that.
Since there are no plans to fix this in Ubuntu because what you describe
is a fundamental nature of a binary distribution's design, I'm marking
this bug Won't Fix to make that clear.
** Changed in: mailutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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mailutils package has dependency on mysql packages
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