[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes: > neither dpkg --install packagename --auto-deconfigure nor dpkg > --install --auto-deconfigure packagename works.
More ideas to get this command to work: Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal. # echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections Maybe equivs needs to `Conflicts:' and `Replaces:' mail-transfer-agent, like exim, smail, sendmail etc. do. (Is anyone reading that actually *understands* dpkg?) -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed.