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Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?



In <[🔎] 4B8C7C66.6070109@hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>> it auto removes Exim4 however still leaves all the
>>> orphaned files and junk.*
>>
>> I'm not convinced this is a statement of fact, but depending on how the
>> installer does things it could be accurate.
>
>Take this for what it's worth:  On my "Swiss Army Knife" server, I installed
>Sarge fresh in 2006 using a compact net install from boot floppies.  After
>the base install was complete, I installed Postfix via apt-get.  I don't
>recall doing any manual removal of Exim.  I've upgraded the system in place
>all the way to Lenny, over a 4 year period.
>
>I currently have the following related to Exim:
>
>~$ locate exim
>/etc/cron.d/exim
>/etc/cron.daily/exim
>/etc/init.d/exim
>/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim
>/etc/rc0.d/K20exim
>/etc/rc1.d/K20exim
>/etc/rc4.d/S20exim
>/etc/rc5.d/S20exim
>/etc/rc6.d/K20exim
>/usr/share/doc/postgrey/README.exim
>/usr/share/wwwconfig-common/exim-trust.sh
>/var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.36-18.2_i386.deb
>/var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.list
>/var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.postrm
>/var/log/exim
>/var/run/exim

Most of those should be cleaned up by a purge of all the exim packages.  In 
particular all the init scripts, the dpkg data, and probably the cron jobs.
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