Re: How to detect if Sendmail/Postfix/Qmail is installed
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:37:25PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> to throw even more monkeywrenches in the gearbox, some people may have
> compiled an MTA outside of the packaging system, and be using qmail/
> sendmail/postfix (the uspported MTA's) but not have it registered with
> apt/dpkg at all.
well that is a slippery slope,
because with that argument you could kill any dependancies anywhere.
if someone is replacing a package with something outside of debians
control than that person is responsible for telling debian that the
dependancy is fullfilled after all. if a mail-server is needed then
a mailserver is needed. therefore it should be listed as dependancy.
greetings, martin.
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