dpkg: exim4-config: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested

[ChrisZ]

I installed postfix and dovecot according to Multiserver Setup With Dedicated Web, Email, DNS & MySQL Database Servers On Debian Squeeze With ISPConfig 3...

apt-get -y install postfix postfix-mysql postfix-doc openssl getmail4 rkhunter binutils dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d

(mysql-client mysql-server not included in the above command since I already installed it)

...and aptitude complained about exim4 dependencies. I'm assuming this is OK but just want to be sure.

The following extra packages will be installed:
  dovecot-common libperl5.10 libpq5 ssl-cert unhide
Suggested packages:
  binutils-doc postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre sasl2-bin resolvconf
  postfix-cdb ufw tripwire openssl-blacklist
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  binutils dovecot-common dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d getmail4 libperl5.10
  libpq5 postfix postfix-doc postfix-mysql rkhunter ssl-cert sudo unhide
0 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 44.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
[...]
Preconfiguring packages ...
Fetched 16.2 MB in 2s (5,670 kB/s)
[...]
Removing exim4 ...
Selecting previously deselected package ssl-cert.
[...]
Unpacking ssl-cert (from .../ssl-cert_1.0.28_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
dpkg: exim4-config: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 exim4-base depends on exim4-config (>= 4.30) | exim4-config-2; however:
  Package exim4-config is to be removed.
  Package exim4-config-2 is not installed.
  Package exim4-config which provides exim4-config-2 is to be removed.
 exim4-base depends on exim4-config (>= 4.30) | exim4-config-2; however:
  Package exim4-config is to be removed.
  Package exim4-config-2 is not installed.
  Package exim4-config which provides exim4-config-2 is to be removed.\[...]
Removing exim4-config ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 bsd-mailx depends on default-mta | mail-transport-agent; however:
  Package default-mta is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-light which provides default-mta is to be removed.
  Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed.
 bsd-mailx depends on default-mta | mail-transport-agent; however:
  Package default-mta is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-light which provides default-mta is to be removed.
  Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
  Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed.
Removing exim4-daemon-light ...
Stopping MTA: exim4_listener.

Thank you,
Chris

[falko]

I guess this is ok. Do you use the default /etc/apt/sources.list, or did you modify it?

[ChrisZ]

Good to know.

I left the default sources.list in place.

# deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main

[falko]

It should be ok then.