Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Brian May
> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:35:43PM +0600, Bram Dumolin Nathan> wrote: >> re all, >> >> How do you simply replace a package with another package that >> offers the same functionality? exim provides >

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Bram Dumolin
re, Ethan Benson([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 12:05:20AM -0900: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:56:04PM +0600, Bram Dumolin wrote: > > > > > > exim gets removed, postfix gets installed. > > > > oic, I just tried with qmail, but that was the .deb I created from source, > > so I imagine

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:56:04PM +0600, Bram Dumolin wrote: > > > > exim gets removed, postfix gets installed. > > oic, I just tried with qmail, but that was the .deb I created from source, so > I imagine the dependency info is not in there... > I never tried with something else. this is be

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Bram Dumolin
re, Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:50:58AM -0600: > > How do you simply replace a package with another package that offers the > > same functionality? > > exim provides mail-transport-agent > > qmail as well > > > > so I want to upgrade mail-transport-agent from exim

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:50:58AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > A zillion people will now bitch at you and claim that qmail is > "non-free". While that's the debian party line I'm beginning to > suspect debian holds this view because of the abrasive personal nature > of Mr. Bernstein rather

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Bram Dumolin
re, Ethan Benson([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 11:38:57PM -0900: > > How do you simply replace a package with another package that offers the > > same functionality? > > exim provides mail-transport-agent > > apt-get install postfix > > exim gets removed, postfix gets installed.

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:35:43PM +0600, Bram Dumolin wrote: > re all, > > How do you simply replace a package with another package that offers the same > functionality? > exim provides mail-transport-agent > qmail as well > > so I want to upgrade mail-transport-agent from exim to qmail > > Wh

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Neil Grant
hi > so I want to upgrade mail-transport-agent from exim to qmail replacing equivalent packages is easy when they are complied and distributed as such but qmail is a problem I know of two approaches: leave apt thinking exim is installed and just delete exim by hand, then compile + install qmail

Re: stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:35:43PM +0600, Bram Dumolin wrote: > re all, > > How do you simply replace a package with another package that offers the same > functionality? > exim provides mail-transport-agent apt-get install postfix exim gets removed, postfix gets installed. > qmail as well >

stupid questions about apt-get/dpkg

2001-03-01 Thread Bram Dumolin
re all, How do you simply replace a package with another package that offers the same functionality? exim provides mail-transport-agent qmail as well so I want to upgrade mail-transport-agent from exim to qmail What's the best way to do that? Pointers on a good apt-get/dpkg faq? -- P