How do I remove the sendmail package that is needed by redhat-lsb?

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Issue

  • How do I remove the sendmail package that is needed by redhat-lsb?

    # rpm -e sendmail
error: Failed dependencies:
        /usr/sbin/sendmail is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.x86_64
        /usr/sbin/sendmail is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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