Subject: newaliases script?

From: Kevin Traas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 19:51:25 -0800 (PST)

I've got an application I'm trying to install on my new Debian system and 
it is giving me a warning about a missing script (called newaliases).

I'm assuming this script somehow manages mail aliases (based on the type 
of app it is and the name), but other than that I don't know anything 
about it.  

I can't find any information on this script in any FAQs, HOWTOs, or any 
of the Packages files (via grep).

Anyone have any ideas about where I can find this script?  

TIA,

Kevin Traas
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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 96 23:52 EDT

Kevin>  I've got an application I'm trying to install on my new Debian
  Kevin> system and it is giving me a warning about a missing script (called
  Kevin> newaliases).
[...]
  Kevin> Anyone have any ideas about where I can find this script?

miles:~ [root] # zgrep newaliases /mirror/debian/rex/Contents.gz
usr/bin/newaliases                                           sendmail
usr/man/man1/newaliases.1                                    sendmail  

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From: John Labovitz <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 21:09:23 -0700

> usr/man/man1/newaliases.1                                    sendmail  

...but as i just found out, if you install smail, you don't get
`newaliases', but rather `mkaliases' (in /usr/sbin).  it's kinda
inconsistent -- the man page for smail lists `newaliases' at the top,
but never mentions it again.

i did just do an `ln -s newaliases mkaliases' and running `newaliases'
worked fine, so that's a workable short-term fix.

john