On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:56:37 -0500, you wrote: >The necessary package for telling Debian that you've got a locally >built mail-transport-agent installed is "equivs".
Thanks. >The "equivs" package only seems to be available from http://www.debian.org >and not from any mirror sites. Or at least that was what seemed to be the >case when I was doing all of this.... My local mirror had the package. Here is what I did (1) Download Package (2) dpkg --install equivs_1.0.5-3.deb (3) create single-line file /etc/equivs.conf containing "mail-transport-agent" (4) run debian/rules binary (5) fail (6) install devel/debmake (7) file bug report because this dependency is not recorded in the equivs package (8) run debian/rules binary (9) succeed this time, creating /usr/src/equivs_1.0.5-3_all.deb (0) =>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src # dpkg --install equivs_1.0.5-3_all.deb |dpkg: regarding equivs_1.0.5-3_all.deb containing equivs: | smail conflicts with mail-transport-agent | equivs provides mail-transport-agent and is to be installed. |dpkg: error processing equivs_1.0.5-3_all.deb (--install): | conflicting packages - not installing equivs |Errors were encountered while processing: | equivs_1.0.5-3_all.deb |=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src # So I seem to be in a circular situation: I can't install equiv package just made because I have smail installed. I can't uninstall smail because I have numerous packages that require mail-transport-agent. How do I get out of this circle? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
