From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why does update want to replace ssmtp with courier?
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:36:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110703043639.GA9286@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110703031504.GA6678@waltdnes.org>
On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 11:15:04PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
> Fortunately, I do emerge -pv... otherwise I wouldn't be able to send
> this email, asking what the bleep is going on. I'm trying to do a
> regular update on my desktop and laptop. Apparently the update wants to
> replace ssmtp with courier on both machines. equery shows courier to be
> a dependancy for virtual/mta-0 which is a dependancy for virtual/mta.
>
> I really don't want/need a full-blown MTA. ssmtp simply pushes email
> out the door to my ISP, who takes care of it.
Here's a temporary workaround...
[i3][root][~] cat /etc/portage/profile/package.provided
mail-mta/courier-0.65.2-r1
Definitely fewer packages to be emerged, because courier is not
pulling in its dependancies. But I'd still like a better answer.
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-03 4:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-03 3:15 [gentoo-user] Why does update want to replace ssmtp with courier? Walter Dnes
2011-07-03 4:08 ` Albert Hopkins
2011-07-03 15:24 ` [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] " Walter Dnes
2011-07-03 4:36 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
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