Re: uninstalling smail when a self compiled MTA is present
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 02:34:45PM +0000, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:03:47 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> >I did exactly this yesterday (replacing smail with exim).
> >
> > apt-get install exim
>
> No, you didn't. You used the debian package; I am trying to get rid of
> smail because I have a self-built exim.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
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>From what I remember when watching apt, it uses dpkg --force-remove to remove a package, then immediately installs the replacing package. Or was that dftp? Either way, it seems to be an appropriate way to deal with the problem, doesn't it?
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