--- Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had previously replaced exim4 with postfix, but because the file > system restore process only creates and over-writes files, but > doesn't > deletes unnecessary ones, the exim4 files remain.
Usually, anything that provides the virtual package: mail-transport-agent is sufficient. > I cannot use aptitude to remove the package's files as normal because > > aptitude's state has been restored from backup along with everything > else; it doesn't think the package is installed. Supplying us with the command you've tried using, along with any output would be a start. Indeed, at this stage, I'd use dpkg: # dpkg -P --forget-old-unavail exim4 -- Thomas Adam ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]