On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 07:06 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On 17/01/2008, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> [...] about --force, it sounds less deadly > >> than using --nodeps. > >> > > > > But --force includes --replacefiles which *is* deadly in several > > circumstances and hardly ever needed, because what it can do is this: > > > > --replacefiles > > Install the packages even if they replace files from other, > > already installed, packages. > > > > Using --replacepkgs or perhaps --replacepkgs --oldpackage is [more > > than] enough, usually. > > > > > I have used --nodeps and --force in a few cases which have nothing > to do with removing pulseaudio. The meaning of Safe removal of > pulseaudio is that you do NOT do anything but rpm -e. If you get > dependancies you rpm -e those first. Nigel likes to use yum remove but I > am gun shy of that now :-) ---- as long as you remain oblivious to the fact that you really don't know what you're talking about, I would suppose that makes sense. The fact is, the methodology you have chosen, those packages you removed will return the next time one of the remaining packages is updated. Craig
