On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 12:46, LeVA wrote: > I have installed postfix from sources a while ago, and now there is a > security update fro sendmail. As you probably know, I can not remove > the sendmail package (although I'm not using it), because it would > remove apache and many other packages wich are depending on a MTA. So > can I "fake" the sendmail installation, so apt-get would see that > sendmail has been upgraded, or do I have upgrade sendmail (for security > reasons) and then re-install postfix all over again?
Use equivs to create a fake package that provides mail-transport-agent, to keep the package management system happy. Then you won't need the sendmail package. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$apt-cache show equivs Package: equivs Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 132 Maintainer: Fabio Rafael da Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 2.0.6-0.1 Depends: perl | perl5, debhelper, dpkg-dev, devscripts, make, fakeroot Filename: pool/main/e/equivs/equivs_2.0.6-0.1_all.deb Size: 18066 MD5sum: 0791bcf0d3e543bfeb147c1afdf42ac6 Description: Circumvent Debian package dependencies This package provides a tool to create Debian packages that only contain dependency information. . If a package P is not installed on the system, packages that depend on P cannot normally be installed. However, if equivalent functionality to P is known to be installed, this tool can be used to trick the Debian package management system into believing that package P is 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, it 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. -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
