On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 11:30:08AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > I have a box on which I want to install qmail from source. In order to > get it to run, I need to remove/purge *all* other MTA's (e.g., exim, > nullmailer, &c.)
Gods only know why, qmail sucks and the license is ridiculous. > In doing so, there are DEB's with MTA dependencies, and removing/purging > DEB MTA's _also_ removes these dependent packages. As they should be. > I do not want to remove these other packages. In fact, there will be an > MTA on the box; but, aptitude does not know about it. Wrong answer. The packaging system needs to know about it. > What is the best way to accomplish this? Use the qmail-src package to build a deb that provides mail-transfer-agent. This is, after all, why it exists. It's in non-free, but you've apparently already made *that* decision. -- Marc Wilson | No one can guarantee the actions of another. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Spock, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown
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