Package: sbuild Version: 0.85.7 On a fresh installation, setting up sbuild prompts with a default configuration file where it says:
> # Mail address where logs are sent to (mandatory, no default!) If you then try running sbuild, it refuses to run unless /usr/sbin/sendmail exists. This is a problem for onboarding new developers. Most people don't have an MTA set up nowadays - either because they're using webmail or some external server that isn't integrated locally, or because they're doing the build in a VM or container that isn't their main system. It's also not necessary for sbuild's primary function. Emailing the log should be optional, and the initial configuration process should not require or imply that is required. Otherwise, this is yet another hurdle just to get started. I suggest the default behaviour should be changed to simply leaving the log in the current directory, just like any other command might do. (In my case, I do use a local MTA, but I also do much work in VMs where I don't want to have to set this up every time or automate doing so). As it happens, if you install postfix with "No local configuration" then the email attempt fails but sbuild otherwise succeeds. So it isn't that much of a hurdle, but it is still suboptimal that this appears required. Thanks, Robie
