Re: Overwriting files from other packages will require Replaces
rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller) wrote on 13.03.96 in <19960313000306.16771.qmail@tad.micro.umn.edu>:
> Kai Henningsen:
> Hmm ... I'd say two packages offering the same service should
> conflict if there seems to be no useful way to use both on the same
> system.
>
> I further think this is true for the sendmail/smail case - two
> different mailers just don't make sense.
>
> When installing a new mailer, there may be mail remaining in the
> outgoing queue of the old mailer. How would you recommend this mail
> be delivered?
Well, certainly not by a full mailer installation. Anyway, I think there
exists no really good solution to that problem anyway - all I have ever
seen is kludges where you do a lot of work by hand.
> Also, note that there may be other MTAs besided sendmail and smail.
I don't see how that changes anything - in fact, I was briefly considering
mentioning zmailer and qmail in my reply.
MfG Kai
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