On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:46:25 +0000 Brad Stockdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What I would like to know is what is the best way to remove the > preinstalled binary of Exim so that I can download the source and compile it > manually? When I try to remove it through aptitude, it wants to remove all > the packages dependant upon it which I don't want to do since I will be > installing another copy of Exim anyway. Sometimes I might prefer to use equivs to create a dummy package then compile and do 'make install', but for something like this I would probably use checkinstall to create a .deb package. If you are given the option with checkinstall (don't remember off the top of my head) you need to specify that it provides mail-transport-agent to satisfy the dependency for packages that that depend on one. If checkinstall doesn't give you the option you can still use equivs to create a dummy package that satisfies the dependency. Looking at exim in apt-cache it looks like you should probably put mail-transport-agent in the conflicts and replaces fields as well. Later, Seeker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
