[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes: > On 10 Jan 1999 17:51:05 +1300, you wrote: > >Maybe smail needs to be marked for removal. > > > > # echo smail deinstall | dpkg --set-selections > > This does not give an error message, but does not remove smail either.
That just changes the status of smail. See `dpkg --status' for the effect, before and after. ('echo smail install | ...' changes back.) My idea was that maybe dpkg would deconfigure it when using -auto-deconfigure if it was marked for removal later (with `dpkg --remove --pending' or similar). Aha! Testing with `dpkg --no-act ...' shows this to be the case, at least for replacing my current exim with smail. -- 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.