Ubuntu
git-core package

  1. Bug #258142
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 258142

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mokabar (tim-klingt) wrote :

it is needed in order to be able to use git-send-email with smtp authentication ...
if it is not installed, git-send-email prints the message:

Need MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL todo auth at /usr/bin/git-send-email line 652.

git-send-email is usable without, but since smtp authentication is broken without, i would strongly suggest to add a dependency, rather than a recommendation ...