On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote: : On Thu, Mar 05, 1998 at 09:42:22AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > What is the proper way to invoke dpkg when replacing on MTA with : > another? Someone once said that you "just put both packages on the same : > command line" but I've never figured that out. How do you install and : > remove with the same command? : : You don't have to. You can just install the new MTA, which will : cause dpkg to remove the old one. You can then optionally purge the : configuration files for the old one. Multiple MTA's can't co-exist on one : machine, and they all have rules to conflict with and replace each other. : : Why are you concerned, though? You might as well remove the old one : first. It's not going to make any difference if you install/remove with : one command or not. : : Jeff
Have you ever tried it? unless you include the '-B' option, it throws all kinds of errors at you. I didn't know the '-B' option would help me until today ... In other words, simply using 'dpkg -i' or 'dpkg -r' is problematic, since the MTA is essential. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
