- To allow using 'procmail' (which contains 'formail') as weak

  dependency in package managers, explicitely check for the
  'formail' binary when invoking 'quilt mail' so that the user
  gets a clear error message when 'formail' is missing and knows
  what to do. (From Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>.)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/quilt/mail.in b/quilt/mail.in
index 62cf731..08d8d72 100644
--- a/quilt/mail.in
+++ b/quilt/mail.in
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ then
 	usage
 fi
 
+# check if formail is installed before doing anything
+if ! type formail &> /dev/null
+then
+        echo "You have to install 'formail' to use 'quilt mail'" >&2
+        exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ $# -ge 1 ]
 then
 	if [ "$1" = - ]