On 10/14/2012 05:42 AM, Mark Constable wrote:
> On 2012-10-14 13:18, Glenn Park wrote:
>> Is there anyone here using Courier packages on Debian?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I was installing Maildrop using aptitude, and it automatically installs 
>> courier-authlib
>>
>> But there is also a separate package called courier-authdaemon that it did 
>> not install for me.
>
> That is a bit odd because I think the courier-authdaemon is useless without
> a courier-authlib backend.
>
>> When installing from source, I believe authdeamon is just a part of authlib 
>> package.  So what's the difference, why is it separated into two packages on 
>> Debian, and more
>> importantly, why do package dependencies not require the daemon package?
>
> Perhaps the Debian packager will respond to that.
>

courier-authdaemon is a separate package for historical reasons - authlib was 
split out of the courier
package years ago.

courier-maildrop depends on courier-authdaemon through courier-base.

maildrop is a separate package and isn't maintained by me.

Regards
        Racke


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