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Re: [PLUG] 'apt-get remove exim4-config' also uninstalled mysql!!
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Looks like I have mysql 4.0.24_Debian-10sarge1-log. I
didnt figure mysql would need any really custom
installs so I just grabbed it with apt-get and thats
what they gave me. Is mysql 5 much better? If I
upgraded, would mysql5 be able to handle mysql4
databases?
On another note, I cant imagine when a database server
would ever need an MTA, but oh well, problem solved.
--- sean finney <seanius@seanius.net> wrote:
> hi marc,
>
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 02:31:50PM -0800, Marc
> Zucchelli wrote:
> > When I was reading up on installing qmail, some
> site
> > said its a good idea to install a 'fake MTA'
> because
> > certain programs require that and if they need it,
> > your packaging system will go ahead and get one.
> > There is an rpm for this, but I am in debian and
> using
> > apt-get.
> >
> > I dont know much about packaging software at all
> I've
> > always just compiled my stuff.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
>
> the version of mysql you're using (testing or maybe
> earlier?) depends
> on the mailx package, which in turn depends on the
> virtual
> mail-transport-agent package[1], which is the "fake
> MTA" to which you
> were alluding earlier. when you remove your MTA,
> you also remove
> anything that depends on having an MTA.
>
> if you really wanna go down this qmail route, the
> best thing to do
> would be to install a dummy "mail-transport-agent"
> by using the
> equivs package. i believe there is some sample
> documentation
> in equivs for how to do this.
>
> also (putting my mysql co-maintainer hat on), newer
> versions of the
> mysql packages no longer depend on mailx but instead
> recommend it
> so that your database servers are not required to
> have fully functional
> MTA's on them as well.
>
>
> sean
>
>
> [1] a predefined "virtual package" indicating the
> system has the
> capability of sending mail via
> /usr/bin/sendmail.
> >
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