On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 23:22 +0100, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 11:11pm on Saturday, June 16, 2007 (UK time), Timothy Murphy scrawled: > > > Why does "yum remove foo" try to remove every package > > using anything required by foo? > > Surely the rational strategy would be to leave anything > > required by another package? > > No. You asked it to remove foo. It is rational that it does as you > requested. It would be irrational to: > - not do as you asked, or > - leave behind broken packages because it removed foo > > Steve What you say makes sense. What is annoying though is the following. First you yum install foo and get some of its dependencies are installed. Second you do a yum remove foo and these same dependencies are not removed. -- ======================================================================= The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
