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Re: tar.gz and dpkg/apt



Quoth Deim Agoston, 
> How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed
> (postfix20000531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime
> I install or remove something it tells me that the services which depends
> on an MTA won't work. And another question. Where can I find docs about
> building deb packs from tar.gz-s. (Not only from binaries but from sources
> too)

Use the `equivs' package from potato (or later), which makes a dummy
packake to satisfy dependencies. In the /usr/share/doc/equivs/examples
directory is a sample mail-transport-agent equivs conf file, which
worked well for me (I use qmail).

cheers,

damon

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