FS#1369 - ssmtp-2.48-1 installs config files in /usr/etc and is very out-of-date

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Oliver Burnett-Hall (olly-bh) - Wednesday, 01 September 2004, 22:49 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 22 November 2004, 21:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To dorphell (dorphell)
Architecture not specified
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

ssmtp-2.48-1 installs its config files in /usr/etc, not /etc. It is also very out-of-date - version 2.60.12 is (I think) the current version.

An updated PKGBUILD for the newer version is attached; it installs the config files in the correct location. I've hacked the existing PKGBUILD a bit to cope with the odd default makefiles that ssmtp comes with.
(application/octet-stream)    PKGBUILD (0.9 KiB)
(application/octet-stream)    PKGBUILD (1 KiB)
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Closed by  dorphell (dorphell)
Tuesday, 04 January 2005, 03:23 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Kamil Strzelecki (esack) - Monday, 08 November 2004, 14:42 GMT
attached updated PKGBUILD:
- version 2.61
- ssmtp binaty moved from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin
- correct path in backup="" (leading '/' removed)
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 16:31 GMT
Though the /usr/etc bug is fixed in the last package upload, it does not fix the security bug in this old version of ssmtp.

The FTP URL is incorrect in the package, an outdated version is kept there. The attachments uploaded by Kamil contain references to the debian pool, which is the location most distributions are linking to.

Please update package to current version.
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Tuesday, 04 January 2005, 03:23 GMT
Attachments are not working, I'm guessing they got lost in the last flyspray upgrade. I don't think I forgot anything this time around though.

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