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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:03:57 +0300, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> said:

> But yes, this is apparently a documented bug - rmail is not part of the boot
> process, there is no real need for it in 'emergency' situations when /usr
> is not mounted yet, so no, it should not really reside in /bin.

Unfortunately, as with /etc/rmt, it is part of a protocol the
client implementations of which we do not control.

-GAWollman


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