Hi Yes this is a good suggestion. A patch is welcome.
// Ola On 21 November 2017 at 11:10, Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > Package: cron-apt > Version: 0.11.0 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > the line length in SMTP is limited to 998 bytes. The exim packages in > Debian do enforce this. > > When a system is way behind with its updates, the list of packages which > is included in the apt output can exceed this length. In this case, the > message is not fowarded by Debian's default MTA in its default > configuration. > > cron-apt should wrap lines. > > fold(1), which is in coreutils, can do this job nicely, augmented by the > --witdh=900 --spaces arguments. Maybe it would be a good idea to make > the width configurable. > > If you want me to, I can cough up a patch. > > Greetings > Marc -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- / o...@inguza.com Folkebogatan 26 \ | o...@debian.org 654 68 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
