On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:28:38PM +0100, lgatto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to install postfix, but net-mail/ssmtp is blocking it. I 
> read in the portage user guide that 'performing an unmerge (emerge -C) 
> will remove a package even if it is a dependancy for other packages, 
> possibly breaking the system'.
> 
> I checked this with:
> 
> # qpkg --query-deps ssmtp
> net-mail/ssmtp-2.48 *
> DEPENDED ON BY:
> net-mail/ssmtp-2.48
> DEPENDED ON BY:
> net-mail/ssmtp-2.38.14-r1
> DEPENDED ON BY:
> net-mail/ssmtp-2.60.4
> DEPENDED ON BY:
> 
> This looks ok, or not. Can I safely unmerge ssmtp?
> Thank you in advance.
> cheers,
> 
> Laurent
> ______
> enjoy the penguin
> 

Yeah, just remove it and emerge postfix.  I did this and all is well.

-- 
Tom Wesley

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