[Bug 660089] Re: nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

[Todd Vierling]

Jonathan, it's not possible to install the "lsb" metapackage, which aids
in building/maintaining some third-party source that is distro-
independent, if nullmailer is installed (though it's possible to do so
if other noncompliant MTAs are installed, such as ssmtp or the lsb-
invalid-mta).

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Title:
  nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

Status in “nullmailer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nullmailer

  Yes, we know that the full LSB spec specifies that "-bs" be provided
  by the sendmail frontend. However, this interface is not supplied by
  ssmtp, nor is it supplied by the default lsb-invalid-mta (of course).
  I don't see why [only] nullmailer should have an explicit exclude
  entry against the simple "lsb" metapackage, contrary to what the
  Debian maintainers thought in 2004.

  If this is really the desired conflict behavior, though, there's still
  a change required (the inverse: add the conflict to ssmtp).