Re: sharutils || uuencode

[Bruce Korb]

I can confirm that there isn't much call for updating the thing. Anyway, 
being supported in RedHat is different from being supported (on a _very_ 
casual, as-needed basis). Also, to the best of my knowledge, POSIX still 
requires the utility, but I think it's past time to deprecate it there, 
too. With all mailers handling MIME attachments, I see little reason to 
continue support.

 - Bruce (the sharutils "maintainer")

On 12/3/20 2:52 PM, pushkar.shandilya@bt.com wrote:
> Hi Team,
> Hope you all are doing well during these asking times for humanity.
>
> Requesting you to kindly share your thoughts on the below issue that I have on 
> hand.
>
> Problem Statement:
>
> I am currently upgrading my server from "OEL5-u10 v1.0" to "OL7-latest v1.0". 
> The version are basically Oracle enterprise linux versions though they are same as RHEL versions.
>
> The particular utility uuencode was running fine on OEL5 but is not working on 
> OL7. The attachments in OL7 are not getting attached but rather getting pasted 
> in mail body.
>
> I was surfing through google to see if I can get help on any forum and found 
> one below URL which says that uuencode is no longer being supported from 
> version 6 onwards of RHEL.
>
> Uuencode for mail attachments not working 
> (unix.com)<https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/252437-uuencode-mail-attachments-not-working.html>
>
> "The sharutils package that used to provide uuencode was deprecated in rhel6, since 
> mailx is able to send MIME attachments, as you have already figured out."
>
>
> Could you kindly confirm the same please?
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Pushkar Shandilya
> +91-9007761569