On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > However, as already suggested, we have "equivs" for your task. > > Create a package called "sendmail" with nothing in it, > just to satisfy the dependency. > Hi, I did catch Wichert's original mention of 'equivs' and had put it on my 'more-stuff-to-read-up-on' list. Now that I have done some reading, I can see that it is certainly a solution to my problem. Thanks, Jor-el