Bug 2377095 - RFE: sendmail symlink and RPM provides
Summary: RFE: sendmail symlink and RPM provides
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: msmtp
Version: epel9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Peter Lemenkov
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-07-08 09:19 UTC by Thomas Moschny
Modified: 2025-07-08 16:33 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Moschny 2025-07-08 09:19:56 UTC
Would it be possible for msmtp to provide the /usr/sbin/sendmail symlink (and also have the RPM provide it)?

I know it already provides /usr/lib/sendmail (via alternatives) but it seems some packages (e.g. fail2band-sendmail) require /usr/sbin/sendmail (but maybe it's their fault - not sure).

Currently /usr/sbin/sendmail is provided by esmtp, ssmtp, exim, opensmtpd, postfix and sendmail packages, and I wonder whether /usr/sbin/sendmail should be handled via alternatives as well, but that would need a coordinated effort.

Comment 1 Thomas Moschny 2025-07-08 14:56:00 UTC
Ok, looking at the package again, /usr/sbin/sendmail is actually already there (and controlled via alternatives) - not sure why I didn't saw it. Anyway, what is then still missing is the Provides: on RPM level.


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