[bug#35512] [PATCH 0/1] gnu: emacs: Add mailutils to inputs for security.

[bug#35512] [PATCH 0/1] gnu: emacs: Add mailutils to inputs for security.

[wednesday]

If mailutils is not present on the system, then emacs will fall back to using
it's own limited version of movemail that retrieves POP3 only from insecure channels..
This link explains some more details:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs/+bug/1814179

wednesday (1):
  gnu: emacs: Add mailutils to inputs.

 gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

-- 
2.21.0

[bug#35512] [PATCH 1/1] gnu: emacs: Add mailutils to inputs.

[wednesday]

* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs)[inputs]: Add mailutils to replace insecure
  built-in movemail.
---
 gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 7c60cc6021..a5e7000468 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Jesse John Gildersleve <jessejohngildersleve@zohomail.eu>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages imagemagick)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux) ; alsa-lib
+  #:use-module (gnu packages mail) ; for mailutils
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@
        ("ncurses" ,ncurses)
 
        ;; TODO: Add the optional dependencies.
+       ("mailutils" ,mailutils)
        ("libx11" ,libx11)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
        ("libxft" ,libxft)
-- 
2.21.0

bug#35512: [PATCH 0/1] gnu: emacs: Add mailutils to inputs for security.

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via]

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Wednesday,

wednesday 写道：
> If mailutils is not present on the system, then emacs will fall 
> back to using
> it's own limited version of movemail that retrieves POP3 only 
> from insecure channels..
> This link explains some more details:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs/+bug/1814179

Thank you for the patch and the clear explanation.  Sorry it 
languished for so long.

Pushed as 5ce153b1106fe44a9910d08663b4b9cd2a27b2d6, with the 
comment moved from the commit message to the code.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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