Re: [gentoo-user] 2 MTA at the same host

[Konstantin]

I had to remove "!mail-mta/sendmail", "!mail-mta/postfix" and
"!mail-mta/exim" in order to install exim as second MTA.

Thanks everyone for the help!

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 15:40:45 +0500, Azamat Hackimov wrote:
>
> Please don't top-post.
>
> > You know, this is very unusual configuration. I don't even can imagine
> > why you need both of them.
> > In order to resolve mutual block, you need to remove "!mail-mta/postfix"
> > and "!mail-mta/exim" strings from RDEPEND in both packages. Don't
> > forget to place modified ebuilds to local overlay.
>
> That's not enough. Both ebuilds install sendmail, so you'll also have to
> deal with file collisions, or modify one of the ebuild to not install
> sendmail. The latter is probably the better option.
>
> Another approach would be to run one of these MTAs in a container, which
> would avoid all these shenanigans.
> >
> > 2016-08-08 15:29 GMT+05:00 Konstantin <myownletters@×××××.com>:
> >
> > > Hello Guys
> > >
> > > I need to install postfix and exim at the same Gentoo server.
> > > I know it is unusual configuration ).
> > > I have both MTA running at CentOS and trying to migrate to Gentoo.
> > >
> > > Current error message for "emerge -pv exim" is:
> > > [blocks B      ] mail-mta/exim ("mail-mta/exim" is blocking
> > > mail-mta/postfix-3.1.0-r1)
> > >
> > > Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 1,763 KiB
> > > Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)
> > >
> > >  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
> > >  * installed at the same time on the same system.
> > >
> > >   (mail-mta/postfix-3.1.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
> > >     mail-mta/postfix required by @selected
> > >
> > >   (mail-mta/exim-4.87:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled
> > > in by
> > >     exim
> > >
> > > What i need to change in ebuild files of these packages in order to
> > > install both of them ?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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