Bug#668035: mdadm: Default to mailing root

[Olaf van der Spek]

On 12-4-2012 21:40, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 12.04.2012 23:33, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
>> On 12-4-2012 21:29, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>>> On 12.04.2012 23:20, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I think the current behavour is right.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>> Can't you default to mailing root or just using syslog?
>>>
>>> It _is_ the current situation already - to mail to root.
>>
>> Then it shouldn't be complaining about a missing MAILADDR line, should it?
>
> I don't see why not.  If you modified debian-generated
> config file and removed the setting, it will complain,
> exactly as in this bugreport.  My point is that when
> the package gets installed, it creates the right config
> file with proper email address, and I said exactly this
> several times already.
>
> I don't really want to change default in the source, this
> adds unnecessary changes from upstream which trivially can
> be, and _are_ already handled in the config file.

That's understandable, upstream should make that change. ;)