Bug#261994: exim4: Exim daemon doesn't stop on purge

[Tilman Koschnick]

Nope, it doesn't.

Console output:

(Reading database ... 63619 files and directories currently installed.) 

Removing exim4 ...
dpkg: exim4-base: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
  exim4-daemon-light depends on exim4-base (>= 4.32).
Removing exim4-base ...
Purging configuration files for exim4-base ...
Removing exim4-config ...
Purging configuration files for exim4-config ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as 
you request:
  at depends on mail-transport-agent; however:
   Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
   Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to 
be removed.
  mailx depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however:
   Package exim4 is not installed.
   Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
   Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to 
be removed.
Removing exim4-daemon-light ...
Selecting previously deselected package postfix.
(Reading database ... 63464 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.1.3-1_i386.deb) ...
Adding `diversion of /usr/share/man/man8/smtpd.8.gz to 
/usr/share/man/man8/smtpd.real.8.gz by postfix'
Setting up postfix (2.1.3-1) ...

Cheers, Til


Marc Haber wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:09:28PM +0200, Tilman Koschnick wrote:
> 
>>when replacing exim4 with postfix (apt-get --purge install postfix), the
>>exim daemon keeps running and listening on port 25:
> 
> 
> Does it say "stopping exim"?
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
>