| 2010-03-30 21:26:14 |
ceg |
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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.
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? |
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.
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?
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-> 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) |
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