Hi Francesco,

Francesco Potorti` ha scritto:
> As I stated in a previous message, there are two issues: one is with the
> program itself, and one with the packaging.
> 
> Please reopen this bug.


Ok, Quoting your previous message:

> 1) smartd problem: if a 'mail' program is not found, smartd does not
>    signal any error with the above DEVICESCAN line

This is not a bug, it is intentional:

# Send mail if /usr/bin/mail exists or exit silently
[ -x /usr/bin/mail ] || exit 0


> 2) packaging problem: smartd requires a 'mail' program.  I have one in
>    my main box, which points to /usr/bin/bsd-mailx through
>    /etc/alternatives.  However, I have no such link in the other box,
>    even though the bsd-mailx package is installed, same version.

This probably is a bug in bsd-mailx not in smartmontools

Cheers,
Giuseppe.


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