Re: [CentOS] mdadm and smtp yum update issue

Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 12:41:50AM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:

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Robert Hanson wrote: mdadm needs a smtp service in order to send out notifications, properly setup from rpm mta's will provide: smtpdaemon

you should be able to install mdadm with a rpm -ivh --nodeps, then hope for the best. the better solution would be to have the qmail rpm's provide: smtpdaemon

Better solution. Just use the attached spec to build a rpm, install it, and you are good to go.

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Name: fake-smtp Version: 1.0 Release: 1 Summary: Fake package that provides smtpdaemon License: GPL Group: System Environment/Daemons BuildArch: noarch

Provides: smtpdaemon

%description Fake package that provides smtpdaemon

%prep

%build

%install

%files

%changelog

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