msmtp depends on Gnome!?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Stephen Paul Carrier!

> My use case is a sendmail replacement (MTA) to use with cron.

ssmtp

> ssmtp does this poorly (and hasn't been maintained since 2009).

Please clarify. What does it not do for you, and what needs maintenance?

> I understand that Gnome may include a library used by msmtp.  Maybe that
> library could be packaged separately?

Unfortunately, Cygwin setup does not have concept of "recommended" packages.
https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC , see also https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI

> Also, maybe this dependency is just an oversight?  Also, maybe
> libgnome-keyring0 is really standalone and doesn't actually depend on
> a desktop.

May be.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, March 30, 2018 02:47:37

Sorry for my terrible english...


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