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k, how does this work then ... I built cyrus-sasl from source code, since I need SQLite support, but not mysql/pgsql ... so, I try 'apt-get install postfix', since I figure that mysql/pgsql won't hurt there, and I don't need any other features that really require me to build it custom ... but, apt-get comes back with: ====================== Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: postfix: Depends: libsasl2 (>= 2.1.19) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages ==================== So, I have to build postfix from scratch regardless? :( - --On Thursday, February 15, 2007 13:15:01 +0100 Petr Salinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> apt-get install postfix >> >> it will then proceed to install PostgreSQL, LDAP, MySQL and CDB map support, >> which I don't want ... > > It is not needed, as postfix have only "suggest" on postfix-pgsql, > postfix-ldap, ... > >> Is there any way of telling it to avoid all of that? I just want a simple >> postfix install with Berkeley DB support ... do I really have to configure / >> build from scratch for this? > > Please, which version of postfix are you using ? > Postfix needed GNU/kFreeBSD specific patch, > http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org//patches/debian-only/postfix.diff, > version in unreleased is severely outdated, > patch is included in version in experimental. > > So, to get current unstable postfix, you have to build yourself. > Try to "apt-get build-dep postfix", "apt-get source postfix", > apply above mentioned patch and build by > "cd postfix-2.3.7; dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc" > > During build, PostgreSQL, LDAP, MySQL and CDB will be needed, > but not after that. > > Uploading packages into unreleased is allowed only to DDs, > so I cannot upload it into archive. > > Petr - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF1G3T4QvfyHIvDvMRAuDMAKCLo1J2ZZv+L0CcZQx+N0LCqqkf9wCgrdgo DR8cGDokBxIRyBkPXu9+xLs= =Lz/u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
