On 2018/11/18 18:02, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> CC'ing the maintainer.
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 05:57:29PM +0100, Paco Esteban wrote:
> > I was trying to send a patch using 'git send-email'. Right after I
> > supply password for my email account I get this:
> >
> > Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth at
> > /usr/local/libexec/git/git-send-email line 1520.
> I'm surprised this hasn't come up earlier.
>
> > MIME::Base64 is part of the Perl core modules, but Authen::SASL is not.
> > So maybe this (silly) diff could be useful ... don't know.
> Thanks for your report and diff.
>
> OK with me after bumping REVISION. If noone objects or commits it, I'll
> do so next week.
>
Really this is an (optional) dependency of Net::SMTP, which is in base ...
163 sub auth {
164 my ($self, $username, $password) = @_;
165
166 eval {
167 require MIME::Base64;
168 require Authen::SASL;
169 } or $self->set_status(500, ["Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo
auth"]), return 0;
