578684 – mail-mta/qpsmtpd: should block all other mail-mta/* packages, or ?

Bug 578684 - mail-mta/qpsmtpd: should block all other mail-mta/* packages, or ?

Summary: mail-mta/qpsmtpd: should block all other mail-mta/* packages, or ?

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2016-03-31 19:40 UTC by Toralf Förster
Modified:	2016-03-31 21:10 UTC (History)
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Description Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2016-03-31 19:40:54 UTC

AFAIK this isn't done already in an eclass for all mail-mta/* or ?

Comment 1 Felix Janda 2016-03-31 20:25:30 UTC

The reason why many mail-mta/* packages block each other is that they
all provide the sendmail binary. So installing them at the same time
would lead to file collisions.

This does not apply to qpsmptd since it does not provide a sendmail
binary. Why should it block the installation of other mail-mta/*
packages?

Comment 2 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2016-03-31 21:10:45 UTC

oops - than this report is invalid - indeed.