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> Actually, a solution *might* be to *not* install the |
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> syslogger and cron daemon before "extra packages". |
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> [much snippage] |
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Wow. Though, I can kind of see why it would do that. After all, postfix isn't installed (in your example), so there's no mailer for cron--Maybe if there was a selection around the spot you'd select ccache & such that lets you select "MTA of choice"? |
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> > Or just make postfix default MTA |
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> This will never happen. The second we change from ssmtp, |
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> some jackass will want it switched to sendmail, then someone |
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> else will want exim. A MTA is one of those things that |
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> people get rabidly obsessive over having |
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> *their* version as default, almost as much as editors. The |
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> simple solution is for us to just stick by our guns and to |
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> not change it. |
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Fully agree here. Choice is a wonderful thing, no? :-D |
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Best, |
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--Glenn |
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Glenn E. Sieb, MTS |
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Bell Laboratories |
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sieb@××××××.com |
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+1 732 949 5453 |
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