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and subject line Re: Bug#921686: sendmail(8) wrapper installs under /usr/sbin
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Package: opensmtpd
Version: 6.0.3p1-4
Severity: important
(Actually found from my 6.4.1p2-0.2 build, where it remains unfixed.)
Dear Maintainer,
The install path of sendmail(1) wrapper binary follows OpenBSD's
conventions, not Debian's I believe?
I've had to use this configuration in my $HOME/.mblaze/profile for a
long while, because sendmail doesn't appear in my $PATH as a regular
user using a local OpenSMTPD MTA as a relay to an external MSA:
```
# There's a "bug" with the OpenSMTPD package on Debian GNU/Linux. OpenSMTPD
# installs a sendmail wrapper to /usr/sbin, but this is not in the
# non-administrative users' $PATH on Debian due to Debian policy (following
# Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 2.3 strictly).
#
# The package maintainer maintainer for OpenSMTPD on Debian should change the
# install location of sendmail wrapper to /usr/bin. This is TBD, as of
# 2019-01-07. I've not reported the bug, yet.
Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
```
I believe the sendmail(8) binary should be installed to /usr/bin instead.
Thanks.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages opensmtpd depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.70
ii ed 1.15-1
ii libasr0 1.0.2-2
ii libc6 2.28-6
ii libdb5.3 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.3
ii libevent-2.1-6 2.1.8-stable-4
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-4
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1a-1
ii lsb-base 10.2018112800
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
Versions of packages opensmtpd recommends:
pn opensmtpd-extras <none>
Versions of packages opensmtpd suggests:
ii ca-certificates 20190110
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/smtpd.conf changed [not included]
-- debconf information excluded
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Hi Linda,
On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 10:36:32PM +0000, Linda Lapinlampi wrote:
> The install path of sendmail(1) wrapper binary follows OpenBSD's
> conventions, not Debian's I believe?
Debian Policy ยง11.6 [0] states:
"Debian packages which process electronic mail, whether mail user
agents (MUAs) or mail transport agents (MTAs), must ensure that they
are compatible with the configuration decisions below. [...]
The mail spool is /var/mail and the interface to send a mail message
is /usr/sbin/sendmail (as per the FHS)."
So, unfortunately the wrapper needs to stay where it is.
Best,
Ryan
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https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#mail-transport-delivery-and-user-agents
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