Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Alexis Huxley
> mysql-server. How can I tell apt-get that I have an MTA installed even > though there is no package for it? One way is to create a dummy package using the 'equivs' package; you basically tell it the name of the package and it creates a totally empty package, which has the specified name. Alexi

Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Tim Kelley
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:06:16PM -0500, Adi Linden wrote: > > I don't think you need to build postfix from source to use cyrus-imap > > (i suspect you need to look carefully at the sasl authentication), but > > if you insist, i suggest to use the debian sources and build a debian > > package. Any

Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Jacob S
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:06:16 -0500 Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think you need to build postfix from source to use > > cyrus-imap(i suspect you need to look carefully at the sasl > > authentication), but if you insist, i suggest to use the debian > > sources and build a debian

Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Adi Linden
> I don't think you need to build postfix from source to use cyrus-imap > (i suspect you need to look carefully at the sasl authentication), but > if you insist, i suggest to use the debian sources and build a debian > package. Anyway, to do what you ask, i think you need to look at the > "equivs"

Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:34:38 -0500, Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to get the postfix MTA to work with cyrus-imap on > Debian/Sarge. I think I may have to build postfix from source rather than > use the Debian package. However, if I try to remove the postfix Debian > package it

How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Adi Linden
I am trying to get the postfix MTA to work with cyrus-imap on Debian/Sarge. I think I may have to build postfix from source rather than use the Debian package. However, if I try to remove the postfix Debian package it also removes other things that I don't want to touch, such as mysql-server. How c