On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 07:12:07AM -0700, terrygalant.li...@fastest.cc wrote:
> > > find / | egrep "sendmail|postfix" | egrep -v "share/doc"
> > > /usr/lib/sendmail
> >
> > [ Legacy symlink for applications that find sendmail(1) in /usr/lib ]
>
> Right. I'd uninstalled postfix, but had to install exim.
This is not the right solution. On systems with package managers
that have managed dependencies on postfix or alternatives you need
to deploy a Postfix package that satisfies those dependencies.
In particular, if your system is RPM based, you need a build a
Postfix RPM that "provides" a virtual feature that satisfies the
various dependencies, and "conflicts" with the other alternatives,
potentially including the default vendor Postfix.
Or just rebuild the vendor Postfix RPM with a later version of the
source. It is unlikely that on a stable system the vendor will
ship a version superceding your build.
> As I understand it, a distro-mailer needs to be installed --
> apparently postfix, exim or sendmail will do. Otherwise pkg manager
> complains about unfulfilled dependencies, and other packages break.
> That pkg gets installed into system paths.
Thus you need to live with the "distro" postfix, or replace it
properly.
> > > /usr/local/etc/...
> > > /usr/local/libexec/postfix
> > > /usr/local/man/...
> > > /usr/local/sbin/...
> >
> > [ The real Postfix is now mostly in /usr/local ]
>
> What's not included in "mostly"?
It seems to all be there. Sorry if that was confusing.
> > > which sendmail
> > > /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> >
> > Your path is not pertinent, many applications will now attempt to
> > submit email via Exim, and the init.d start scripts will now likely
> > launch Exim.
>
> "My" postfix gets installed currently into /usr/local.
Yes, but mail(1) and other software will still use /usr/sbin/sendmail.
> Isn't it possible to get the system to use only the postfix I
> want it to? Or is the only way to run postfix on a system to
> install it in system paths, clobbering what the distro installs?
On a system with a package manager, you can only replace packages
with packages that supercede them and satisfy the same dependents.
--
Viktor.
