On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 12:41:32PM +0200, Wolf Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was 
heard to say:
> Hi,
> 
> Daniel Burrows wrote:
> 
> >   Could you tell me if this behavior changes if you instead run
> > 
> > aptitude -o 'aptitude::auto-install=false' install postfix
> 
> The only difference is that only two solutions are offered with this
> option. These solutions don't include installation of postfix, either:

  I think they do include the installation of postfix:

> backport:/home/wolf# aptitude -o 'aptitude::auto-install=false' install
> postfix
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading extended state information       
> Initializing package states... Done
> Reading task descriptions... Done  
> Building tag database... Done    
> The following packages are BROKEN:
>   exim4-config exim4-daemon-light postfix 
> The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
>   resolvconf 
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 949kB of archives. After unpacking 2265kB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   exim4-config: Conflicts: postfix but 2.2.10-2 is to be installed.
>   postfix: Depends: ssl-cert but it is not installable
>            Conflicts: mail-transport-agent which is a virtual package.
>   exim4-daemon-light: Conflicts: mail-transport-agent which is a virtual
> package.
> Resolving dependencies...
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> 
> Remove the following packages:
> exim4
> exim4-base
> exim4-config
> exim4-daemon-light
> 
> Install the following packages:
> openssl [0.9.8b-2 (testing)]
> resolvconf [1.36 (testing)]
> ssl-cert [1.0.13 (testing)]
> 
> Score is -1569

  ...postfix will still be installed in this solution...

> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] 
> The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
>   openssl resolvconf ssl-cert 
> The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
>   exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light 
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   openssl postfix resolvconf ssl-cert 
            ^^^^^^^

  ...applying the solution leads to postfix being installed.

> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light 
> 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 2014kB of archives. After unpacking 1372kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
> Abort.

  Could you send me a transcript of what happens without
-o auto-install=false?

    Thanks,
  Daniel

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