RE: Uninstalling Exim uninstalls Apache
Thanks Colin and Corrin,
I got as far as seeing the interdependancies. Removing Exim removes two
packages on which Apache depends. But what was bothering me was why I was
unable to Remove Exim without removing those two other packages...as though
I was not able to UNINSTALL a broken program, not that I would be leaving
Apache broken. It was not clear that Apache also depended on exim proper.
The problem relates to my ages long saga trying to set up email. I think I
had better start a new thread with a more directly related header for
that...
Best Wishes!
Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Watson [mailto:cjwatson@riva.ucam.org]On Behalf Of Colin
Watson
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:51 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Uninstalling Exim uninstalls Apache
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:17:09PM -0700, Michael Olds wrote:
> Before I break down and ask for help again setting up email which I have
> thoroughly messed up once more...can someone explain to me why when I
> uninstall exim apache also gets uninstalled?
apache depends on logrotate which depends on cron which recommends a
mail-transport-agent (of which exim is one). If you're trying to remove
exim in order to replace it with a different MTA, just install the other
MTA and exim will automatically be removed. If not, well, honestly you'd
be better off leaving some kind of MTA there, even if it's only there to
forward mail on somewhere else. Maybe if you tell us a bit more about
your requirements someone can help.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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