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Ralph Seichter wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> I'm not sure how to handle the following situation: I want to use |
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> Postfix compiled from the official sources instead of any of the |
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> mail-mta/* packages. I removed mail-mta/ssmtp, which seems to be the |
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> default for my selected profile, but "emerge --update --deep world" |
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> reinstalls the ssmtp package, which renders my own Postfix unusable. |
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> On SuSE Linux, I have created a dummy SMTP service RPM to keep the |
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> YaST dependency checks for the "smtp_daemon" service satisfied. How |
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> can I satisfy Portage's dependency checks to keep it from installing |
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> any mail-mta/* package? |
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> I have not yet found relevant information in the forums or mailing |
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> list archives, but as I am new to Gentoo, I might not have worded my |
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> questions correctly, lacking the Gentoo specific terminology. Any |
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> pointers are welcome! |
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If i got you right, you just need to add the package to |
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'/etc/portage/package.provided'. Check |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Best_practice_to_ignore_an_update |
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Oh.. and HI to the list!;) |
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