Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 181819
mailx package fails to install mailx binary
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:24 EST
Description of problem: The mailx package installs /bin/mail but not /bin/mailx or /usr/bin/mailx. Yet the mailx man page and info page *is* installed. I believe that mail is actually an updated varsion of the mail program that provides some mailx compatibility. (The amount of compatibility is not clear from the man nor the info pages). If compatible, then I suggest the package should install a hard link to /bin/mailx (or a symlink to /usr/bin/mailx). If not completely compatible, I would like to suggest that future versions of Fedora use the "nail" package instead, and that provides mailx compatibility, with modern features. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. none 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.