On 22/07/14 06:55, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Can I ask the powers that be, why I am being somewhat forced to use an openSuSE supported MTA? I am running openSuSE 13.1 x64 and using YaST I cannot get it to NOT install an MTA. I am using the Apache James email server as my MTA and I want to use the mini-sendmail version of sendmail.
So I go to YaST and tell it to uninstall Postfix. It happily does so, but then it installs Exim on me, and a different kernel. (this is done in order to satisfy dependency requirements)
I DON'T want Exim so I tell YaST to uninstall Exim which it happily does, but then it installs MSMTP-MTA on me, and a different kernel. (this is done in order to satisfy dependency requirements)
I DON'T want MSMTP-MTA so I tell YaST to uninstall MSMTP-MTA which it happily does, but then it installs BSD sendmail. (this is done in order to satisfy dependency requirements)
I DON'T want BSD sendmail so I tell YaST to uninstall BSD sendmail which it happily does, but then it goes back and installs MSMTP-MTA on me. (this is done in order to satisfy dependency requirements)
And now I am going in circles. I DON'T want one of these MTA's, why am I being forced into having to have one? They will conflict with using the Apache James email server and mini-sendmail which as I said, they are the ones I WANT to use!
It also seems to me that if I don't want ANY MTA on my system I ought to have that option. I may not want it to ever send email to anyone! PERIOD! Is there a different route I should take to get these MTA's off my system and let whatever programs need one, to use the one I want to provide instead?
Marc.....
When in YaST have you tried to apply against the apps you mention above the "Protected - Do Not Modify" flag? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.3 & kernel 3.15.6-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org