Re: [bug-mailutils] RMAIL/movemail probs - any more ideas

[Duke Normandin]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Jordi Mallach wrote:

hey Jordi ...

> Hi Duke,
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:40:28AM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> > > You probably removed the `mailutils' package, but not the package which
> > > contains libmailutils & friends.
> > > Try removing `libmailutils2' using Synaptic or just issue:
> > > apt-get remove --purge libmailutils2
> > As you can see from the headers, RMAIL is now working great on my
> > system. I'd hate to hose anything now. ;) Would it be safe to run your
> > above `apt-get' command at this stage?
>
> Probably. How have you removed libmailutils 2.1 and the mailutils 2.1
> utilities from your system? If you just rm'd the files from your
> filesystem (ie, used rm /usr/lib/libmailutils*), you probably want to get
> rid of the mailutils packages. If you don't, if/whenever they are
> upgraded, the files you just removed will reappear and your unresolved
> symbols will pop up again.

I used the Synaptic Package Mgr. to remove the version (2.1) that I
installed via same. So it should have nuked everything that it
installed, should it have not? Was _that_ equivalent to your `apt-get
remove --purge libmailutils2' suggestion?
-- 
Duke