I had the same problem, you can not uninstall sendmail if you dont unistall firt the mdam. So in the kikstart you must have to put: -mdam -sendmail Expect to solve your problem. Regards. --- Chris Mckenzie <Chris.McKenzie@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > So I sort of solved it last week. This is an FYI I > suppose. > > Nothing worked, kickstart -sendmail, rpm -e > sendmail, etc... I had to > actually start sendmail, then kill -killall > sendmail, THEN rpm -e sendmail. > It's a tatoo, and I just sanded it off. > > This is followed with the existing Postfix install > with support for > Postgres. > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > - Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Chris Mckenzie > Sent: January 31, 2005 2:59 PM > To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' > Subject: RE: Kickstart hangs when removing sendmail > > > > Thanks for the suggestions guys. We're not > installing the RH Postfix. We're > using PostgreSQL not MySQL and the Postfix that > ships with RH doesn't > include support for Postgres. > > I'm installing Postfix with Postgres support as part > of the kickstart %post. > > > My problem is no matter what I try I can't not > install sendmail when stick > strictly to the %packages portion of the kickstart. > > %packages --resolvedeps > gcc > make > openssh > openssh-clients > openssh-server > patch > perl > perl-CGI > perl-DBI > perl-HTML-Parser > perl-libwww-perl > perl-URI > openssl > openssl-perl > rdate > rpm-build > rpmdb-redhat > sharutils > sudo > telnet > unzip > wget > up2date > eject > -sendmail > > I know I set --resolvedeps, so something in there > wants it (or maybe > Anaconda itself simply wants it) > > If I try ot remove it from %post, it sometimes never > returns... > > rpm -e sendmail --nodeps > > Note the --nodeps, so I don't get the dependancy > errors. Once Postfix is > installed, those complaints don't mean a thing, it > just works as expected. > > So I tried the following trickery... > > RETURN=`rpm -e sendmail --nodeps& 2>&1 > > /dev/null` > ilimit=60 > isleep=1 > for ((i=0 ; i < ilimit ; i++)); do > RETURN=`rpm -q sendmail | grep "not installed"` > if [ "$RETURN" ]; then > # Sendmail has finally been removed... > echo " -> Sendmail has been removed" > break > fi > done > > Haven't had time to test it yet, but the idea is if > `rpm -e sendmail` never > retrurns sometimes, I might as well spawn it as a > background process and > watch the `rpm -q sendmail` for the removal itself. > (I noticed that when I > get the hang, a reboot and login shows sendmail not > installed) > > Very frustrating, but I wouldn't care so much if > Postfix didn't' need > sendmail removed. (their docs claim so, and our > testing indiciated some > incompatibiltiies) > > Thanks again for the help. > > - Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> ] On > Behalf Of Edgar Chillón > 'Chillux' > Sent: January 28, 2005 12:32 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: Re: Kickstart hangs when removing sendmail > > > I dont remember if postfix requires a sendmail as a > dependency but if not here is the solution: > > In the ks.cfg in the package system: > @ Base > -mdam > -sendmail > > In the %post > rpm -ihv postfix > > If the postfix needs dependencys obviusly you have > to > install it fist. > > Regards > > --- Chris Mckenzie <Chris.McKenzie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > escribió: > > Hi all. > > > > My kickstart occasionally hangs indefinitely > > intermittedly when from my > > %post I call: > > > > rpm -e sendmail > > > > I subsequently install Postfix, and I absolutely > > require Sendmail removed > > before hand. > > > > It's inexplicable. Rpm never returns, the %post > just > > sits there. > > > > Any ideas? I can't pipe STDERR, and the damn thing > > > never returns. 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