/bin/mail replacement (next generation of mailx)

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
> On 11 Jun 2008, at 16:06, Dmitry Butskoy wrote:
>
>> Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>>> This looks good, but on a minimal system how many other packages
>>> would be pulled in as dependancies over the existing mailx?
>
>> For now, "openssl" (or "nss") and "krb5-libs". Is it OK for a minimal
>> system?
>
> Both of those ought to be on a system anyhow (openssh would need them).
>
> I was concerned that things like imap support could pull in a pile of
> other deps

Nope, all such are supported by nail itself.


Regarding the minimal install -- Does it have Mozilla's nss library or 
not? For the "Security Consolidation" process, recently started in 
Fedora, we should build mailx/nail against nss (instead of openssl). On 
the other hand, if the current "minimal installs" don`t have nss, then 
IMHO we should still use openssl (at least while openssh uses it)...


~buc
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