Martin T wrote: > Hi, > > I have apt-listchanges installed and registered in apt system: > > # apt-config dump | grep apt-listchanges > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -lt 10"; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::InfoFD "20"; > # > > "frontend" in /etc/apt/listchanges.conf is set to "mail" and valid > e-mail address is set with "email_address" configuration option. Now > when I upgrade a package which has NEWS/changelog present, then I get > the "apt-listchanges: The mail frontend needs an installed 'sendmail', > using pager" error message. This is because I don't have > /usr/sbin/sendmail binary installed. I prefer to use mail/mailx and an > external MTA. > > What could be the most elegant workaround in this situation? Create a > /usr/sbin/sendmail wrapper script which processes the > "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" command called by apt_listchanges.py and > sends the mail using mailx? Modify the apt_listchanges.py? Something > else?
You could do the wrapper, or you could install nullmailer, which is an extremely simple MTA that always hands off mail to a relayhost (i.e. somebody else's problem). Modifying apt_listchanges.py would require you to keep maintaining the changes forever. -dsr-