Re: uninstalling smail when a self compiled MTA is present
Marc.Haber-lists@gmx.de (Marc Haber) writes:
> On 10 Jan 1999 17:51:05 +1300, you wrote:
> >Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal.
> >
> > # echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections
>
> This does not give an error message, but does not remove smail either.
That just changes the status of smail. See `dpkg --status' for the
effect, before and after. ('echo smail install | ...' changes back.)
My idea was that maybe dpkg would deconfigure it when using
-auto-deconfigure if it was marked for removal later (with `dpkg
--remove --pending' or similar).
Aha! Testing with `dpkg --no-act ...' shows this to be the case, at
least for replacing my current exim with smail.
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