On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:51:55 +0100 Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:35:11 PST, Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > apt-cache policy exim4* shows that it conflicts and replaces any > > mail-transfer-agent, so the dist-upgrade will do that and there's no > > way around it I know of. > > > > I'm no apt- guru by any stretch, but you could --- remove (not purge!) > > postfix, dist-upgrade, and the install postfix. Thats three steps > > versus: dist-upgrade, remove exim4, install postfix. 3 steps. as long > > as you don't purge anything, your configs will remain (you might back > > them up just in case) and you should be running fine afterwards. ymmv. > > Well, my postfix-setup is rather complicated (I'm also running > MailScanner plus a bit of local stuff with it), so backing all the > necessary parts up is going to be quite a bit of work, but since it > doesn't look like I have some other chance, I'll have to bite that > bullet. unless you are in a real rush, give it a couple days more in case someone who knows more wants to chime in... A > > Thanks. > > cheers, > &rw > -- > -- "The PROPER way to handle HTML postings is to cancel the article, > -- then hire a hitman to kill the poster, his wife and kids, and fuck > -- his dog and smash his computer into little bits. Anything more is > -- just extremism." - Paul Tomblin > > >
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