On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 10:09:04AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > For example, the place I work has a package exim4-config-ilkserver > based on exim4-config-medium. That package installs without debconf > questions and contains a configuration that is suitable to our > non-main servers. It, for example, only delivers mail to local > accounts that are especially configured to receive mails.
So, why can't this be done without an exim4-config package in Debian, with something like the following arrangement: exim4-daemon provides/conflicts: mail-transport-agent postinst: checks /etc/exim4 if it doesn't exist, creates it, using debconf exim4-config-ilkserver: postinst: rm -rf /etc/exim4 create /etc/exim4 according to desired config # apt-get install exim4-config-ilkserver # apt-get install exim4-daemon > And if exim4's config file > format changes or our config starts using features only present beyond > exim 4.foo, we can use the Dependency mechanism to prevent > non-matching binary and config packages from being installed. This can be arranged by having: exim4-daemon provides: exim4-config-format-v1 exim4-config-ilkserver depends: exim4-config-format-v1 Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Linux.conf.au 2004 -- Because we can. http://conf.linux.org.au/ -- Jan 12-17, 2004
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