lsb-invalid-mta binary package in openKylin Yangtze V1.0 riscv64
The Linux Standard Base (http://
core system that third-party applications written for Linux can
depend upon.
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This package contains nothing else than a fake /usr/sbin/sendmail
command to fulfill the LSB's requirement of providing this command without
requiring an MTA to get installed, which once introduces a daemon which
can cause security problems and second, users get asked questions about
how they want their MTA configured when in reality they simply wanted to
install a desktop application or a printer driver, but the dependency on
LSB compliance pulls in an MTA with the installation.
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The LSB requirement on /usr/sbin/sendmail comes from old times where Linux
and Unix machines had all fixed IPs and did server tasks in data centers.
Today's typical desktop Linux machines do not do local e-mail any more as
users use external e-mail services.
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The /usr/sbin/sendmail always exits with exit status -1 (255) and sends a
warning message to stderr, so that if a program actually tries to send e-mail
via the sendmail command the user gets note.
Publishing history
Date | Status | Target | Component | Section | Priority | Phased updates | Version | ||
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2022-07-12 09:42:15 UTC | Published | openKylin Yangtze V1.0 riscv64 | release | main | misc | Optional | 11.1.0-ok2 | ||
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