smtpdaemon and sendmail wrapper

[Tomasz Wittner]

On Tue 31. October 2006 21:41, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> imho they are different things
> 1. smtpdaemon means something that listens port 25
> 2. sendmail wrapper is package that provides /usr/lib/sendmail
> 
> are there any program that really needs smtpdaemon in this context?
> 
> i'd propose to use /usr/lib/sendmail Provides/Requires pairs when program 
> needs /usr/lib/sendmail binary (and drop smtpdaemon if none actually needs 
> it).
> 
IMO, for simplicity and clarity: `P/O: smtpdaemon' should be renamed to 
`P/O: smtpd'
and what acts as smtp client (has sendmail(1) command) should have
`P/O: smtp'.

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Tomasz Wittner