Re: Postfix from source: changing the MTA
xasdfg123456@yahoo.com wrote:
I have installed the newest version of Postfix from
source (not Debian source). I don't want the
Debian/Woody version of Postfix.
My problem is my system doesn't think it has a MTA on
it unless I install Exim with dpkg, but I don't want
Exim. How do I make my system know it has an MTA on it
so mailx will work? Thanks.
bRE
$ apt-cache show equivs
Package: equivs
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.4
Depends: perl|perl5, debhelper, dpkg-dev, devscripts, make, fakeroot
Filename: pool/main/e/equivs/equivs_2.0.4_all.deb
Size: 18178
MD5sum: 835d97f567fe0cf36700ebf012082993
Description: Circumventing Debian package dependencies
This is a dummy package which can be used to create Debian
packages, which only contain dependency information.
.
This way, you can make the Debian package management
system believe that equivalents to packages on which other
packages do depend on are actually installed.
.
Another possibility is creation of a meta package. When this
package contains a dependency as "Depends: a, b, c", then
installing this package will also select packages a, b and c.
Instead of "Depends", you can also use "Recommends:" or
"Suggests:" for less demanding dependency.
.
Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used
might possibly do damage to your packaging system. And please
note as well that using it is not the recommended way of dealing
with broken dependencies. Better file a bug report instead.
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