On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:56:15 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >Marc Haber said >> So I seem to be in a circular situation: I can't install equiv package >> just made because I have smail installed. I can't uninstall smail >> because I have numerous packages that require mail-transport-agent. >> >> How do I get out of this circle? >> >How about this: >dpkg --auto-deconfigure -r smail
|=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/maindisk/home/mh # dpkg --auto-deconfigure -r smail |dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of smail: | mailagent depends on sendmail | smail | mail-transport-agent; however: | Package sendmail is not installed. | Package smail is to be removed. | Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. | Package smail which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. <snip> |dpkg: error processing smail (--remove): | dependency problems - not removing |Errors were encountered while processing: | smail |=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/maindisk/home/mh # Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
