[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#582475: Bug#582475: fetchmail: init script should wait for DNS

[Nico Golde]

Hi,
* Jan Braun <janbraun at gmx.net> [2010-05-21 13:38]:
> Fetchmail's init script should probably depend on exim4 and $named,
> rather than just $network. At least here, with dependency-based boot
> enabled, the first run always fails because DNS (a local pdnsd) is not
> yet available when fetchmail is started ($network implies only low-level
> networking). Similarly, fetchmail will usually need an MTA running, so
> I've added a dependency on exim4 too (as precaution, I didn't experience
> any failures due to this missing). There doesn't seem to be a $mta
> target, but you could add other MTAs too if you care.

I tend to disagree, you don't need a local nameserver or mta installed in 
order to use fetchmail so I can't follow you on why it makes sense to depend 
on those components with the init script.

Cheers
Nico
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