On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 14:43 -0400, Brad Sawatzky wrote: > > when i do: > > > > apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 > > > > debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how can > > i remove exim4 without removing mysql? > > I imagine mysql-server is complaining because it needs mailx, which in > turn requires an MTA (like exim) to be installed. You will have to > have some MTA (exim, sendmail, ...) installed, even if it only handles > mail between users on the local machine. Yes, that's exactly the reason. Had the same issue here a while back. We might be able to suggest a means to deal with this cleanly if you tell us about your motivations for removing exim ... do you want to do a clean re-install of exim? Install a different MTA? Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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