lsb-invalid-mta binary package in Ubuntu Precise armhf
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 deskltop 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
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2013-08-12 21:38:18 UTC | Published | Ubuntu Precise armhf | updates | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20.3 | ||
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Deleted | Ubuntu Precise armhf | proposed | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20.3 | |||
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2013-08-12 21:38:30 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | updates | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 | ||
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2013-08-14 00:10:11 UTC | Deleted | Ubuntu Precise armhf | proposed | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 | ||
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2012-10-24 04:33:29 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | proposed | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20.1 | ||
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2012-02-24 18:04:03 UTC | Published | Ubuntu Precise armhf | release | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu20 | ||
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2012-02-25 05:35:03 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | release | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu19 | ||
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2012-01-19 17:46:41 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | release | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu18 | ||
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2012-01-19 17:46:41 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | release | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu17 | ||
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2011-12-01 15:07:00 UTC | Superseded | Ubuntu Precise armhf | release | universe | misc | Extra | 4.0-0ubuntu16 | ||
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