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Subject: docs/17014: send-pr MAIL_AGENT is unconditionally set
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>Number:         17014
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       send-pr sets MAIL_AGENT unconditionally
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 26 14:40:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	The send-pr.sh script of Feb 23, 2000.

>Description:

	The send-pr shell script sets MAIL_AGENT unconditionally.  On
	systems with dialup access, where sendmail might require some
	custom invocation command line, this fails to use the default
	value of MAIL_AGENT for the user who runs it.

>How-To-Repeat:

	You can see the relevant command in the installed version of
	send-pr.sh script, by running:

	    grep MAIL_AGENT `which send-pr`

	By changing MAIL_AGENT=".." to MAIL_AGENT="${MAIL_AGENT:-..}"
	any existing value of MAIL_AGENT is preserved.

>Fix:

--- send-pr.sh.orig	Thu Sep  2 15:00:49 1999
+++ send-pr.sh	Sat Feb 26 05:20:33 2000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 # What mailer to use.  This must come after the config file, since it is
 # host-dependent.
-MAIL_AGENT="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t"
+MAIL_AGENT="${MAIL_AGENT:-/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t}"
 
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