also sprach axolx@speakeasy.net <axolx@speakeasy.net> [2005.07.08.2149 +0200]: > I am using sarge with qmail as my MTA. I compiled and installed qmail > rather than using the debian package. Now, every time I try to install > packages that depend on an MTA (say mutt) aptitude adds Exim to the list > to satisfy the dependency. How can I override this and tell package > management that I have qmail running just fine and to forget about Exim? use the equivs package to create a dummy package, e.g. with the following control file: Section: misc Priority: optional Standards-Version: 3.6.1.1 Package: qmail-dummy Version: 1.0 Maintainer: you <you@you.com> Provides: mail-transport-agent Architecture: all Copyright: /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic Description: dummy package for the locally installed qmail MTA qmail is a full-featured MTA and has been installed to /usr/local on the local system. This package only serves to make other packages depending on the mail-transport-agent virtual package happy. . This package has been created with equivs. It is empty. This (and other stuff) is covered in my book: http://debiansystem.info. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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