On Tue, 05 Jul 2005, Mark D. Hansen wrote:

> when i do: 
> 
> apt-get --purge remvoe exim4
> 
> debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1.  why is this?  how can i
> remove exim4 without removing mysql?

I imagine mysql-server is complaining because it needs mailx, which in turn
requires an MTA (like exim) to be installed.  You will have to have some
MTA (exim, sendmail, ...) installed, even if it only handles mail between
users on the local machine.

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