Re: [mass bug filing] still depending on exim instead of exim4
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 09:30:54AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> wrote:
> > Unless you're intending to remove exim (3), why is the dep a problem?
>
> Because we do not want people to unintentionally install exim (3)
> just because some dependency pulled it in. If apt encouters the
> Depends quoted above it will install exim (if no other MTA is already
> installed).
Exactly. And the part you've put between brackets there ("if no other
MTA is already installed") is so unlikely that it's a non-issue. The
default configuration comes with an MTA, so if you're ever going to
reach the point where you don't have an MTA installed, you most likely
know what you're doing.
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