On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 08:47:28PM +1100, Andre Marenke wrote: > Hi, > I have a minimal Debian install with an Exim in broken configuration. In > addition, I have installed qmail which is running fine. > > Is there a way to uninstall Exim and have dpkg recognize my qmail > installation as the system mailer so that I can install other packages > that rely on an mta? > > The qmail-src and var-qmail packages are not an option btw. >
One way to do this is to use the equivs package which fools debian into thinking that a package doing what it wants is installed (should only be used when one is actually installed but not from a debian package). Another solution that takes some work but keeps track of your files is to apt-get source the source package and the replace the source code in there with the version you want. Will sometimes go clean and sometimes take quite a bit of work, depends on versions. What you actually need is the debian subdirectory in the sources tree. Make sure to add a version entry in the changelog file so that you package will have a higher version and won't be installed over, and check the patches directory to see what patches are applied and see if you want them or throw them out. > Cheers, > Andre Marenke > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]