[gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
Hey everybody, I seem to have troubles installing qmail-1.03-r16, trying to emerge it . . . server ~ # emerge -vp mail-mta/qmail These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [blocks B ] mail-mta/netqmail (is blocking mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16) [blocks B ] mail-mta/qmail (is blocking mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5) [ebuild N] net-mail/queue-fix-1.4-r2 22 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -highvolume -mailwrapper -noauthcram -qmail-spp -vanilla 0 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -logmail -mailwrapper -noauthcram -notlsbeforeauth (-selinux) 460 kB [ebuild N] virtual/qmail-1.03 0 kB Total: 4 packages (4 new, 2 blocks), Size of downloads: 481 kB After i've tried to remove the blocked packages: server ~ # emerge -C mail-mta/netqmail --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/netqmail' to unmerge. No packages selected for removal by unmerge server ~ # emerge -C mail-mta/qmail --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/qmail' to unmerge. No packages selected for removal by unmerge server ~ # Any ideas what might couse this and/or how to fix it cheers, A Sotirov. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:48:52AM -0500, KiLLeR 718th wrote: Hey everybody, I seem to have troubles installing qmail-1.03-r16, trying to emerge it . . . server ~ # emerge -vp mail-mta/qmail These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [blocks B ] mail-mta/netqmail (is blocking mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16) [blocks B ] mail-mta/qmail (is blocking mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5) [ebuild N] net-mail/queue-fix-1.4-r2 22 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -highvolume -mailwrapper -noauthcram -qmail-spp -vanilla 0 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -logmail -mailwrapper -noauthcram -notlsbeforeauth (-selinux) 460 kB [ebuild N] virtual/qmail-1.03 0 kB Total: 4 packages (4 new, 2 blocks), Size of downloads: 481 kB After i've tried to remove the blocked packages: server ~ # emerge -C mail-mta/netqmail --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/netqmail' to unmerge. No packages selected for removal by unmerge server ~ # emerge -C mail-mta/qmail --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/qmail' to unmerge. No packages selected for removal by unmerge server ~ # Any ideas what might couse this and/or how to fix it First of all I've no idea about qmail. But the command: emerge -C mail-mta/netqmail or emerge -C mail-mta/qmail wont work because both packages are not installed on your system. As for the netqmail blocking qmail and vice versa try adding mailwrapper use flag (as said before I've no idea about qmail). Hope someone with better knowledge about qmail replies. Bye, Masood Ahmed pgpynturgUIkA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 09:48:52 KiLLeR 718th wrote: I seem to have troubles installing qmail-1.03-r16, trying to emerge it . . . server ~ # emerge -vp mail-mta/qmail These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [blocks B ] mail-mta/netqmail (is blocking mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16) [blocks B ] mail-mta/qmail (is blocking mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5) [ebuild N] net-mail/queue-fix-1.4-r2 22 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/netqmail-1.05-r5 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -highvolume -mailwrapper -noauthcram -qmail-spp -vanilla 0 kB [ebuild N] mail-mta/qmail-1.03-r16 USE=ssl -gencertdaily -logmail -mailwrapper -noauthcram -notlsbeforeauth (-selinux) 460 kB [ebuild N] virtual/qmail-1.03 0 kB [SNIP] --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/netqmail' to unmerge. [SNIP] --- Couldn't find 'mail-mta/qmail' to unmerge. [SNIP] Any ideas what might couse this and/or how to fix it What's going on here is that qmail depends on queue-fix which post-depends on virtual/qmail (a new style virtual) whose default provider is netqmail. netqmail blocks qmail which hence reverse blocks netqmail. ;) Clearly the portage resolver is being retarded by not realizing that qmail is an alternate provider for virtual/qmail. Still I have to ask why you don't just emerge virtual/qmail and be satisfied with netqmail? After all it is supposed to replace qmail... The alternative appears to be to file a bug against portage. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060220-newsletter.xml -- Bo Andresen pgp7ELvUwMXPY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 12:34:01 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: What's going on here is that qmail depends on queue-fix which post-depends on virtual/qmail (a new style virtual) whose default provider is netqmail. netqmail blocks qmail which hence reverse blocks netqmail. ;) Clearly the portage resolver is being retarded by not realizing that qmail is an alternate provider for virtual/qmail. Still I have to ask why you don't just emerge virtual/qmail and be satisfied with netqmail? After all it is supposed to replace qmail... The alternative appears to be to file a bug against portage. Thinking about this one more time such a bug would probably be duped against bug #1343. If you really want mail-mta/qmail you simply need to put mail-mta/netqmail in /etc/portage/package.mask to help the resolver. -- Bo Andresen pgpqJsYRqylXi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
KiLLeR 718th wrote: Hey everybody, I seem to have troubles installing qmail-1.03-r16, trying to emerge it . . . I hate to be that guy, but why is anyone using an MTA that was last updated in May 1998? Use Postfix (or any other MTA under active development), it's simpler, easier, faster, and has more functionality without jumping through hoops. kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 10:48 -0800, kashani wrote: I hate to be that guy, but why is anyone using an MTA that was last updated in May 1998? Use Postfix (or any other MTA under active development), it's simpler, easier, faster, and has more functionality without jumping through hoops. I could name a few: * Because I've been using for a long time and don't feel like learning another MTA if i don't have to. * I know it pretty well and I *trust* it. * It does everything+ I need it to do. * Is so secure that it hasn't needed an update since May 1998 ;). All those points (except the last, unfortunately) can pretty much be applied to any piece of software I use (bash, python, vim, Gentoo...) -- Albert W. Hopkins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS
Albert Hopkins wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 10:48 -0800, kashani wrote: I hate to be that guy, but why is anyone using an MTA that was last updated in May 1998? Use Postfix (or any other MTA under active development), it's simpler, easier, faster, and has more functionality without jumping through hoops. I could name a few: * Because I've been using for a long time and don't feel like learning another MTA if i don't have to. * I know it pretty well and I *trust* it. * It does everything+ I need it to do. * Is so secure that it hasn't needed an update since May 1998 ;). All those points (except the last, unfortunately) can pretty much be applied to any piece of software I use (bash, python, vim, Gentoo...) But is it secure after adding the thirty odd patches needed to make qmail a modern MTA? However if you're familiar with it, then yeah stick with what you know though the change to Postfix at least was so painless I wondered why I didn't do it years earlier. For all you new users picking your first MTA: pick something else anything else besides qmail. :-) Please. kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
