On 09/19/2011 08:52 AM, Alec T. Habig wrote:
> Dennis Schridde writes:
>> So it is indeed a bug? How should I progress from here? (I did not see a
>> bugtracker on the website.)
> Since very few packages actually belong to SL (as opposed to TUV, who
> have their own bugzilla), we just say on the mailing list: "Hey Connie
> and Pat, here's an easily fixed bug!"
>
> Specifically, please add a mailx dependency to yum-autoupdate.
>
> Low tech but it works :)   Reminds me of a "Letterman" cartoon episode,
> for example:
>
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3y_H3SaoAY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLBE024B04B63BF3E8
>

Adding it shouldn't be too much work, but from the distribution side we 
don't want to force all our users to run a "sending only" mail server 
(or more) unless they actually want to.  I might instead add a check in 
the script where, if sending mail doesn't look possible, it simply 
doesn't try to send it.  That way people don't have to worry about 
surprise software installation on their next update.  I know I'd freak 
out if suddenly my system is running sendmail/postfix when it wasn't before.

-- 
Pat Riehecky
Scientific Linux Developer