[CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Scott Silva
on 12/2/2007 6:29 PM Indunil Jayasooriya spake the following: # rpm -e sendmail error: Failed dependencies: /usr/sbin/sendmail is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-12.2.EL.el5.centos.i386 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed) mutt-1.4.2.2-3.el5.i386

[CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Christian Volker wrote: Yohoo! # rpm -e sendmail error: Failed dependencies: rpm -e sendmail --nodeps No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove sendmail. Where's the difference? Using --nodeps can break stuff. Instead to: yum install postfix then, yum remo

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Brian Mathis
On Dec 3, 2007 11:50 AM, Christian Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yohoo! > > >>> # rpm -e sendmail > >>> error: Failed dependencies: > >> rpm -e sendmail --nodeps > >No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove sendmail. > > Where's the difference? > > Christian Volker

RE: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Christian Volker
Yohoo! >>> # rpm -e sendmail >>> error: Failed dependencies: >> rpm -e sendmail --nodeps >No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove sendmail. Where's the difference? Christian Volker Technical Support Engineer Ballincollig, C

RE: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove sendmail. >Warned you have been! Well, unless you install postfix first, then system-switch-mail, then execute switch-mail, how does the stuff that needs sendmail know what to use? If you take out sendmail first, it removes other dep

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:04:30AM -0700, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Well, unless you install postfix first, then system-switch-mail, then > execute switch-mail, how does the stuff that needs sendmail know what to use? This is the "alternatives" system at work. /usr/sbin/sendmail is a symlink to /

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Les Mikesell
Joseph L. Casale wrote: No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove sendmail. Warned you have been! Well, unless you install postfix first, then system-switch-mail, then execute switch-mail, how does the stuff that needs sendmail know what to use? If you take out sendmail fi

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

2007-12-03 Thread Miark
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:04:30 -0700, Joseph wrote: > >No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove > >sendmail. Warned you have been! > > Well, unless you install postfix first, then > system-switch-mail, then execute switch-mail, how does the > stuff that needs sendmail know what