cups-filters-invalid-mta 1.8.2-2ubuntu2 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu xenial

 The Linux Standard Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is a standard
 core system that third-party applications written for Linux can
 depend upon.
 .
 This package contains nothing else than a fake /usr/sbin/sendmail
 command to fulfill the LSB's requirement of providing this command without
 requiring an MTA to get installed, which once introduces a daemon which
 can cause security problems and second, users get asked questions about
 how they want their MTA configured when in reality they simply wanted to
 install a desktop application or a printer driver, but the dependency on
 LSB compliance pulls in an MTA with the installation.
 .
 The LSB requirement on /usr/sbin/sendmail comes from old times where Linux
 and Unix machines had all fixed IPs and did server tasks in data centers.
 Today's typical desktop Linux machines do not do local e-mail any more as
 users use external e-mail services.
 .
 The /usr/sbin/sendmail always exits with exit status -1 (255) and sends a
 warning message to stderr, so that if a program actually tries to send e-mail
 via the sendmail command the user gets note.
 .
 As Debian has dropped the support for the LSB, there is no
 "lsb-invalid-mta" package any more, also not in Ubuntu. This binary
 package replaces it, at least for an interim period until there is a
 new driver package concept established by Openprinting which does not
 use the LSB any more.

Details

Package version:
1.8.2-2ubuntu2
Source:
cups-filters 1.8.2-2ubuntu2 source package in Ubuntu
Status:
Superseded
Component:
main
Priority:
Optional