Wonky package dependencies?

[Jhair Tocancipa Triana]

Brian Puccio writes:

> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 07:19 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
>> In Breezy I decided to install MySQL on my wife's computer.  I chose
>> the server version.  Imagine my surprise when it insisted on dragging
>> postfix along for the ride?
>> 
>> What gives?  Why does MySQL's server component rely on postfix?

> MySQL does not rely on postfix. It recommends mailx, which in turn
> relies on postfix or any other MTA for that matter. Take a look for
> yourself:

BTW, the dependency issue on a MTA seems to be fixed already in Dapper,

$ apt-cache show mysql-server-5.0 | egrep '(Depends|Recommends)'
Depends: mysql-common (>= 5.0.19-3), mysql-client-5.0 (>= 5.0.19-3), libdbi-perl, perl (>= 5.6), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.2), libmysqlclient15off (>= 5.0.19-1), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5), libreadline5 (>= 5.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.2-4), libwrap0, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser (>= 3.40), psmisc, passwd
Recommends: mailx

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--Jhair