Ah, sorry I over-read you updated. ** Description changed:
Binary package hint: mdadm When upgrading to Jaunty from Intrepid, the mdadm package installed postfix. I can't see why a package that manage software RAID partitions needs a mail transport agent, but what is worse is that my desktop machine is suddenly turned into a mail server. One of the reasons Ubuntu desktop is deemed secure is that it does not run unnecessary services. The dependency has been introduced in version 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu5; from the changelog: mdadm (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low - * Depend on postfix | mail-transport-agent, to ensure we get the - correct default MTA for Ubuntu. + * Depend on postfix | mail-transport-agent, to ensure we get the + correct default MTA for Ubuntu. - During the upgrade the postfix configuration was run and although I ticked not to configure, the postfix service was running by default anyway. - - I manually uninstalled postfix and mdadm runs perfectly fine. Can this dependency be removed? + During the upgrade the postfix configuration was run and although I + ticked not to configure, the postfix service was running by default + anyway. + + I manually uninstalled postfix and mdadm runs perfectly fine. Can this + dependency be removed? + + -- + + -> mdadm should by default only install with a small local mail delivery + system (like esmtp + procmail) but not postfix on desktops, laptops + etc.! On servers postfix is pulled in by server tasks anyway. + + Here is how to setup esmtp+procmail: + apt-get install esmtp procmail + echo mda=\'/usr/bin/formail -a \"Date: \`date -R\`\" \| /usr/bin/procmail -d %T\' >> /etc/esmtprc + (as documented in /usr/share/doc/esmtp/README) -- mdadm installs postfix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379882 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
