[Bug 1411623] [NEW] mail -N not woking

[Tor Stenvaag]

Public bug reported:

I have a server application that uses the command "mail -N". It has been
working in Ubuntu server for "I do not know how many years". After an
"apt-get dist-upgrade" yesterday this command broke. It now states that
an argument is needed.

$ mail -N
mail: option requires an argument -- 'N'
usage: mail [-dEIinv] [-a header] [-b bcc-addr] [-c cc-addr] [-s subject] to-addr ...
mail [-dEIiNnv] -f [name]
mail [-dEIiNnv] [-u user]

When tracking the mail command I end up with

$ ls -l /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 97384 Jan 5 18:05 /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
bsd-mailx: /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release:        12.04
$ apt-cache policy bsd-mailx
bsd-mailx:
  Installed: 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 0
        500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

** Affects: bsd-mailx (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  mail -N not woking

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