Re: mysql-server-4.1 and exim4 interdependency
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:43:33PM +0100, marc wrote:
> When I add mysql-server-4.1, exim4 is added. When I try to remove exim4,
> mysql-server-4.1 is removed.
Correct.
> I see that this happens because mysql-server depends on mailx, and mailx
> depends on exim4. I just wondered why these interdependencies exist.
Because if you inspect your configured cron jobs, you'll note that mysql
adds one that will mail the administrator and notify him of crashed
databases.
It's a little hard to mail someone without a working mail client and
without a working MTA.
Despite what cluebies would have you believe, there is nothing wrong with
an appropriately-configured local MTA. Certainly there are reasons not to
have one, but it's by no means inherently a bad thing.
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