Bug#549524: libnet-smtp-ssl-perl should depend on libauthen-sasl-perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:26:42 +0200, Alex Schröder wrote:

> libnet-smtp-ssl-perl should depend on libauthen-sasl-perl. I wanted to
> use Net::SMTP::SSL to send mail; I think the most common reason is
> that the mail server requires authentication. Thus you will be using
> the auth method. If you check it out, you'll find the following:
> 
> sub auth {
>   my ($self, $username, $password) = @_;
> 
>   eval {
>     require MIME::Base64;
>     require Authen::SASL;
>   } or $self->set_status(500, ["Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
> todo auth"]), return 0;
> 
> There is therefore a dependency on Authen::SASL. If you don't have
> that module, sending your email will fail in a non-obvious way:

Ehrm, no, this code is from Net::SMTP, Net::SMTP::SSL just uses
Net::SMTP and IO::Socket::SSL and doesn't mention/require/use
Authen::SASL anywhere.

But I can imagine that a Recommends or Suggests on
libauthen-sasl-perl might be helpful.

Cheers,
gregor

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