Am 06.01.2012 17:55, schrieb Colin Guthrie: > 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 06/01/12 10:16 did gyre and gimble: >> After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested >> "orphans" - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or >> basesystem-minimal) - >> >> How do I clear out the orphans - like reset the logic behind it so the >> correct packages will be orphaned? Or is a fresh install in order?? > FWIW, as I see some people not liking this feature, personally I don't > use --auto-orphans, but instead use "urpmq --not-available" to find > packages I have installed that are no longer provided by the > repositories. This will typically include old and unneeded library > majors etc. that accumulate after a while. > > This list is much clearer in what it actually outputs and is basically > the same as the yum orphan list command (I forget what the command > actually is, but it's what inspired me to write the first version which > in turn was vastly improved by a native implementation by (IIRC) Pascal > Terjan :)) > > Col > > Interesting, now i rememeber you mentioned this already a few times. Will also add it to said wiki page.
Unrelated, could anyone please comment on how rpm-find-leaves aka urpmi_rpm-find-leaves fits into the picture?
