Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

From: Alexis Huxley (ahuxley_at_gmx.net)
Date: 10/20/04

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:14:55 +0000 (UTC)

    > mysql-server. How can I tell apt-get that I have an MTA installed even
    > though there is no package for it?

    One way is to create a dummy package using the 'equivs' package; you
    basically tell it the name of the package and it creates a totally
    empty package, which has the specified name.

    Alexis 

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