[SA-exim] Anyone install from Debs?

[simon at nuit.ca]

> On Saturday, Aug 30, 2003, at 08:00 US/Pacific, Justin F. Knotzke wrote:
> 
> 
> Why?  If you are using Debian 'unstable', implied below, then simply 
> install the 'exim4-daemon-light' (or '..-heavy', if you wish) package, 
> and the 'sa-exim' .deb on top of it.
> 
> >    However, doing apt-get dist-upgrade causes apt to want to install
> > exim, which of course I do not want.

i had to do that for a while when the only thing in debian for exim4 was
4.11 source and x86 .debs.

> 
> Debian _requires_ the virtual package 'mail-transport-agent'.  You need 
> something that provides this virtual package; maybe install something 
> like 'ssmtp' and disable its 'init.d' script?

there's a pseudo-package just for this kind of thing.. /me checks..
equivs. you just set up equivs for MTA. nothing so messy.

eric

> Anyway, bad idea methinks. 
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