On 06 Jan 1999 16:09:32 +0100, you wrote:
>Install this exim-local package and deinstall the dummy smail one (or
>apt will try to update it). Then activate your local MTA, and you are
>done.
After some initial confusion with making the new equivs working on my
hamm system, your solution worked. Th
On 11 Jan 1999 20:44:37 +1300, you wrote:
>That just changes the status of smail. See `dpkg --status' for the
>effect, before and after. ('echo smail install | ...' changes back.)
I see. What we _really_ need is more comprehensive docs for dpkg.
Greetings
Marc
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> On 10 Jan 1999 17:51:05 +1300, you wrote:
> >Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal.
> >
> ># echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections
>
> This does not give an error message, but does not remove smail either.
That just changes the status of s
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 02:34:45PM +, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:03:47 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> >I did exactly this yesterday (replacing smail with exim).
> >
> > apt-get install exim
>
> No, you didn't. You used the debian package; I am trying to get rid o
On 10 Jan 1999 17:51:05 +1300, you wrote:
>Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal.
>
># echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections
This does not give an error message, but does not remove smail either.
>(Is anyone reading that actually *understands* dpkg?)
Well, I surely do not :-( A
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> neither dpkg --install packagename --auto-deconfigure nor dpkg
> --install --auto-deconfigure packagename works.
More ideas to get this command to work:
Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal.
# echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections
Maybe
On 08 Jan 1999 00:34:45 +1300, you wrote:
>/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/install says:
I don't have that file
>Maybe it matters which order it goes in?
neither dpkg --install packagename --auto-deconfigure nor dpkg
--install --auto-deconfigure packagename works.
Greetings
Marc
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> On 07 Jan 1999 21:33:48 +1300, you wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> >> Sounds like a bad brute-force approach. Can't dpkg do the remove and
> >> the install of the equivs package in a single operation?
> >
> >Yes, AFAIK. "dpkg --auto-deco
On 07 Jan 1999 21:33:48 +1300, you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
>> Sounds like a bad brute-force approach. Can't dpkg do the remove and
>> the install of the equivs package in a single operation?
>
>Yes, AFAIK. "dpkg --auto-deconfigure --install new-mta.deb"
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> Sounds like a bad brute-force approach. Can't dpkg do the remove and
> the install of the equivs package in a single operation?
Yes, AFAIK. "dpkg --auto-deconfigure --install new-mta.deb"
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On 06 Jan 1999 15:25:27 +0100, you wrote:
>Then how about installing the package maintainer scripts and wrap your
>self-built exim up as a debian package? You should be able to get the
>necessary debianizing magic from the package source for the debian
>exim.
That would surely work, but I'd consid
>> "HM" == Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
HM> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
>> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:03:47 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>> > apt-get install exim
>> No, you didn't. You used the debian package; I am trying to get rid of
>> smail because I hav
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes:
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:03:47 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> > apt-get install exim
> No, you didn't. You used the debian package; I am trying to get rid of
> smail because I have a self-built exim.
Then how about installing the package main
On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 01:43:06 -0500, you wrote:
> You may have to use 'dpkg --purge --force-depends smail' to delete
>smail, then immediately install your MTA. If '--force-depends' doesn't
>work check 'man dpkg' for the other '--force' options ('dpkg --help' or
>'--force-help' may be sufficie
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:03:47 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>I did exactly this yesterday (replacing smail with exim).
>
>apt-get install exim
No, you didn't. You used the debian package; I am trying to get rid of
smail because I have a self-built exim.
Greetings
Marc
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Marc Haber wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:56:15 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
> >Marc Haber said
> >> 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-t
Marc Haber said:
>> 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?
I did exactly this yesterd
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:56:15 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>Marc Haber said
>> 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
Marc Haber said
> 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
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 t
The necessary package for telling Debian that you've got a locally
built mail-transport-agent installed is "equivs". I don't know whether
the hamm version will work right or not... several months back, during
either hamm or slink upgrading, my equivs suddenly stopped working; I
filed a "bug" repor
Hi, my question must have a quite easy answer, however I have not been
able to find it yet. Did that mail get through to the list in the
first place?
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:57:15 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 08:52:41PM +, Marc Haber wrote:
>> How do I tell dpkg that mail-transpor
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:57:15 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 08:52:41PM +, Marc Haber wrote:
>> How do I tell dpkg that mail-transport-agent is present even if I
>> uninstall smail and that I take responsibility?
>
>Install and configure the dummy package which is there for this reas
On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 08:52:41PM +, Marc Haber wrote:
> How do I tell dpkg that mail-transport-agent is present even if I
> uninstall smail and that I take responsibility?
Install and configure the dummy package which is there for this reason.
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Hi!
After compiling my own exim 2.10, I'd like to remove smail that has
been installed on my system.
|=>ROOT<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root # dpkg --purge smail
|dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of smail:
| mailagent depends on sendmail | smail | mail-transport-agent; however:
| Package sendma
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