Package: apticron Version: 1.1.27 Severity: normal
When the package heirloom-mailx is installed and its selected as a alternative for mailx apticron fails. # LANG=CC /usr/sbin/apticron Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8: No such file or directory The problem is line 240 in /usr/sbin/apticron ----- ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/mailx -a "Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" -s "$DISTRIB_ID package updates on $SYSTEM" $EMAIL ----- The option -a is used in bsd-mailx for headers and in heirloom-mailx for adding attachments. It would be better to directly call bsd-mailx, apticron already depends correctly on it. ----- ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/bsd-mailx -a "Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" -s "$DISTRIB_ID package updates on $SYSTEM" $EMAIL ----- Please see the patch attached. Regards, Markus -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apticron depends on: ii apt 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii bsd-mailx 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 A simple mail user agent ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 3.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages apticron recommends: ii apt-listchanges 2.83 package change history notificatio ii iproute 20080725-2 networking and traffic control too apticron suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded
--- apticron.old 2010-06-24 14:15:11.000000000 +0200 +++ apticron 2010-06-24 14:15:23.000000000 +0200 @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ apticron EOF - ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/mailx -a "Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" -s "$DISTRIB_ID package updates on $SYSTEM" $EMAIL + ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/bsd-mailx -a "Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" -s "$DISTRIB_ID package updates on $SYSTEM" $EMAIL fi
