when trying to install exim or postfix I receive the following message. !!! Error: the virtual/mta package conflicts with this package and both can't be installed on the same system together. so I do not have an mta installed. Can't install one.
try: emerge unmerge ssmtp emerge postfix IIRC ssmtp is installed by default as part of the build process. This one bit me too :)
I filed a new bug (#3378) about changing the error message so that it is a bit more explicit. It looks like virtual/mta, which by default is set to net-mail/ssmtp, gets installed initially by {d,v,f}cron. That's a potential problem, since I don't think that ssmpt can deliver locally. Woodchip, should we consider a different default mta?
If u pretend to emege the package it explicitly says waht's confilictiong.
so hmm.. can i close this ticket -- theres no issue other than is ssmtp a good choice for a default mta or not.. i dont have an opinion on that, it seems okay to me.
