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Package: exim
Version: 3.36-16
Removing exim also removes at and mysql-server.
You can't remove exim without also removing at and mysql-server.
This is really bad behaviour.
Example:
$ sudo apt-get remove exim
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
at exim mailx mysql-server
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 10.5MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
$ uname -a
Linux tweety 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 GNU/Linux
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Subject: Re: Bug#347346: apt-get remove exim behaves badly
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On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:37 AM, Edwin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Package: exim
> Version: 3.36-16
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> Removing exim also removes at and mysql-server.
>
> You can't remove exim without also removing at and mysql-server.
>
> This is really bad behaviour.
It's entirely expected behaviour. The problem isn't that you're removing
exim, it's that you're removing the package that provides the virtual
package mail-transport-agent, on which at etc. depend.
The intended, and logical, solution is to install another package that
provides mail-transport-agent - for example, postfix or sendmail; that
package will then replace exim.
Closing as this isn't a bug.
Regards,
Adam
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