Re: why do I need EMail to install some debs?

2003-09-07 Thread Simon Richter
Harald, > I am not talking about runtime, but installation time. AFAIR the > interface to use is called debconf. Obviously some packages want > to be very sure that I get some important messages, and try to > send me an EMail instead (or in addition). Ah, I see the problem now. Well, it could be

Re: why do I need EMail to install some debs?

2003-09-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 08:22:33AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Obviously this option leads into a conflict with some subsequent > packages relying upon a working EMail configuration within the > same installation session. > My suggestion would be to use debconf only. The packages are using deb

Re: why do I need EMail to install some debs?

2003-09-07 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi Simon, Simon Richter wrote: Harald, Would it be possible to get rid of the need to install EMail (e.g. exim or sendmail) by default? A lot of packages need at least the /usr/sbin/sendmail program, to be able to send email to the admin, for example cron or at, which send the Sure. I am not talk

Re: why do I need EMail to install some debs?

2003-09-06 Thread Simon Richter
Harald, > Would it be possible to get rid of the need to install EMail (e.g. > exim or sendmail) by default? A lot of packages need at least the /usr/sbin/sendmail program, to be able to send email to the admin, for example cron or at, which send the output of the program they ran. You should ins

why do I need EMail to install some debs?

2003-09-06 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, Would it be possible to get rid of the need to install EMail (e.g. exim or sendmail) by default? I think it is pretty ugly that the installation from scratch of Sid on my PC got stuck several times, because EMail is not correctly configured. I would prefer to avoid installing a local SMTP