Reason: Functionality now provided by Net::SMTP 3.25+ available with >=virtual/perl-libnet-1.28 provided by >=dev-lang/perl-5.20.0 Try patching/removing dependent code to utilize this. Bug #650320
Deprecated by Kent Fredric on 2020-04-15
Package Information
Description:
(Deprecated) SSL support for Net::SMTP
Ebuild Details
Version
EAPI
Keywords
Slot
1.40.0-r1
8
~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86
0
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# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
DIST_AUTHOR=RJBS
DIST_VERSION=1.04
inherit perl-module
DESCRIPTION="(Deprecated) SSL support for Net::SMTP"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
RDEPEND="
virtual/perl-libnet
dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL
"
BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
test? ( >=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.470.0 )
"
pkg_postinst() {
elog "This package is deprecated by upstream as equivalent support for SSL and"
elog "STARTTLS is available with Net::SMTP 2.35, found in:"
elog " >=virtual/perl-libnet-1.28 ( >=dev-lang/perl-5.20.0 )"
elog "Subsequently, this package is only available for compatibility reasons, and"
elog "should be avoided in new code."
}