Now this is interesting. Let's say that my normally suspicious nature is suspended and I pursue this effort with yum (one more time) are you telling me that yum will this time - in no uncertain terms - clearly indicate that a package is needed in ydl6 or ydl 6.1 and advise me not to remove it?
You're stating that I'll definitely see somewhere "don't delete that package - your system needs it." stated by yum as a warning? Or are you really saying that I should be astute enough to read the installed packages listing in pirut and i really after all these years should know better in the first place? On Dec 16, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Christopher Murtagh wrote: > > Actually, the whole point of using yum is to remove dependencies, > etc.. This > has *always* been the point of yum. I don't know who gave you that > advice, > but they were clearly mistaken. Otherwise, if you do rpm -e > packagename, but > 5 other packages require packagename, then you'll have to manually > remove > those as well. You certainly don't want to delete packages without > deleting > things that depend on them. > > So, yes, in some contexts, you might try to remove a package that > will > cripple your system should you follow all dependencies. The point > there is > *don't delete that package - your system needs it*. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > On Tuesday 16 December 2008 01:50:17 pm Derick Centeno wrote: >> Background: Some years ago I recall that it was advised to not use >> yum in the way you recommended. Yum when used to erase anything was >> so thorough it removed not only the target application but also >> whatever dependencies it used and dependencies related to them. >> Resulting in a crippled system. This problem happened to me several >> times... the safest way I found around using yum to remove anything >> was to use rpm -e instead. >> >> Question: Has this situation regarding yum changed or been >> corrected? >> >> Thanks for your time in clarifying this. >> >> Sincerely, Derick. >> >> On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Christopher Murtagh wrote: >>> On Tuesday 16 December 2008 04:46:46 am Kevin Diggs wrote: >>>> I think someone posted a query on how to get the format error in >>>> /proc/cpuinfo mails to root to stop. If you replace >>>> /etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron with: >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> Of course, there's an easier way to do this: >>> >>> yum erase mcelog >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yellowdog-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >>> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >>> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
