(responding to 3)
[Patrick; 8/13/2022]
> That's nearly 10 years of updates. Maybe it's time to consider a
> reinstall to get rid of cruft.
On 8/14/22 4:00 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 16:40 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 8/13/22 07:48, home user wrote:
On 8/12/22 3:37 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Fri, 2022-08-12 at 13:43 -0600, home user wrote:
On 8/11/22 12:39 PM, home user wrote:
[... snip ...]
AFAIK Fefault Fedora Workstation installs don't have sendmail. I
know
mine certainly doesn't as there's no need for it, so I wonder why
your
system even has it installed.
poc
[me]
Patrick,
It was apparently a part of the initial Fedora install on this
workstation a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away:
[Samuel]
A long time ago, sendmail was part of the default install.
I thought so, but I appreciate that you confirmed that.
[Patrick]
I think I remember that. Be that as it may, this is why I suggest a
reinstall might be in order. This is the kind of thing that an update
is never going to remove, because some package has been configured to
use it. The fact that said package could be reconfigured to not use it
is beyond dnf's capabilities, which is understandable.
definition of "cruft", " crud", "junk", etc......
years-old whatever no longer being used,
collecting dust,
taking up space,
getting in the way,
until finally being trashed.
Then, 6 days later, you need it and wish you still had it!
I understand. Actually, I wish I could replace this 9+ years old
hardware. I can't at this time; I'll keep to myself the reasons.
A re-install is out of the question. I'm not a sys.admin. and this is a
dual-boot workstation, so a re-install is too risky, too difficult, too
time-consuming. If something goes wrong, I'd be cut off from the
internet (and help) for too long.
As a part of my last upgrade, instructions advised running
"remove-retired-packages". I did so. I gather "sendmail" ain't on
social security yet.
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