On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 23:12, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > >>>Feature request: when you install a package you often need other > >>>packages to be installed as well. Could you make a list of those > >>>dependant extra installed packages? So if peope uninstall the first > >>>package you can also deinstall the packages it depended on. Of course > >>>only if no other packages depend on them. > >>> > >>> > >>urpme already does this > >> > >> > > > >No, it doesn't. What Han is asking for is this. Say you installed foo > >and urpmi pulled in libbar and libmoo as things foo depended on. If you > >then urpme foo, libbar and libmoo don't get uninstalled. > > > Which is current behaviour. > > >If, however, > >you urpme'd libbar, foo *would* be uninstalled. That is, urpme > >uninstalls things that depend on the package you call to be urpme'd, but > >not things the package you call to be urpme'd depends upon. Clear? > > > Yep. So you would like a switch / option to be added that when you > remove foo (urpme foo --something) that it'll suggest to remove libbar > and libmoo as wel. Hmmm... Interesting. What critera will be used to > remove those packages? Should start with "lib"? Only the top-level ones?
No, Han would. I'm neutral on the topic. Ask him for the answers to your questions. :) -- adamw
