It's the nature of a binary distribution like Debian and Ubuntu that
dynamically linked things pull in dependencies to provide those dynamic
libraries even if you don't want them yourself. Removing the dependency
would require a rebuild from source or a patch to the code that pulls it
in to use dlo
> the mailutils can use MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC as SQL interface. But
package (library) pulls only MySQL client. It's strange, why mailutils
does depend only on MySQL client? Why is such discrimination?
It isn't pulling in the MySQL client. It depends on a MySQL client
library. It also depends
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: mailutils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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mailutils package has dependency on mysql packages
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** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #253115
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=253115
** Also affects: mailutils (Debian) via
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=253115
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Tags removed: zesty
** Tags added: bionic
Yep, according to the mailutils documentation,
https://mailutils.org/manual/html_node/sql-statement.html#sql-statement
the mailutils can use MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC as SQL interface. But
package (library) pulls only MySQL client. It's strange, why mailutils
does depend only on MySQL client? Wh
May be you don't need whole mailutils, but only a mailx client? Use
other alternatives: bsd-mailx (minimalistic), s-nail (feature rich) or
what your else prefer.
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Thank you, I see that now, and why does libmailutils5 need an libmysqlclient20?
I would request that if it does not really has a dependency then remove it from
the dependency list.
Maybe this should be moved to the libmailutils5 package team?
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>Also the documentation show that the packages are not part of the
dependency list:
Mailutils doesn't depend on the mysql packages directly, but they seem
to be pulled in through libmailutils5
(https://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/libmailutils5).
** Tags added: artful xenial zesty
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Also the documentation show that the packages are not part of the dependency
list:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mailutils&searchon=names&suite=zesty§ion=all
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