On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 01:06 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 21:43 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 10:31 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 20:32 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >>>> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 17:33 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>>>>> My experience with FC6 is getting worse and worse. I had the machine > >>>>>> coming up in Gnome. The system offer end me some updates some of which I > >>>>>> chose. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Now the machine comes up In KDE. Neither the Sessions option not the > >>>>>> Deskswitcher Tool will allow me to choose GNOME as my desktop. What do > >>>>>> I do now? > >>>>> Now I don't want to make this too much of a mystery, What happened was > >>>>> piyut or one of the update functions removed gnome-session. But to get > >>>>> it back is a big problem. > >>>> Pirut or yum wont remove packages on its own. If you try and remove any > >>>> packages through Pirut or yum, it lists the dependencies and you will > >>>> have to confirm before any package gets removed from the system. I am > >>>> curious to know why you find it unusable in this instance. > >>>> > >>>> Rahul > >>> The above is simply not true. The package was removed without my confirming the removal. > >>> Unless unclicking a line of additional software in piyut means you want > >>> it removed which is just plain crazy. Again I will start again and we > >>> will see what happens. > >> The one time I tried pirut I found that unchecking a line meant in-fact > >> that the package/group was to be removed. I have not used it since. > >> > >> > > I agree with your experience. I think Rahul is wrong in this case. > > Unselecting a package does indeed mean you want to uninstall it and > thats standard behavior in package managers but you need to confirm that > and it would list dependencies. I dont see what the actual complaint is. > Unless it has been updated (highly possible) I do not recall a prompt for confirmation of specific packages and actions. As I recall, it simply went on and did its thing once the package selection was made and the "do it" button was clicked. It has after all been about a year since I used it and found it not to my liking. Pup, OTOH, seems more user friendly in this regard. I believe the OP said he did not get a prompt for confirmation. > Rahul >
