On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:27 PM, DB <Freddog_de@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good evening (at least it is in Austria!) > > I'm new to Linux & Fedora, last messed with Unix in about '89... > > I've (eventually) installed F9, with a selection of odds & ends, and > found that yumex SEEMED to be a better way of updating & installing than > the Gnome Add/Remove Software. My problem comes when I try to remove > "something" (e.g. CUPS) when yumex seems to consider every application > that uses or links to CUPS as being a dependency. In my naive, trusting > way (!), I assumed the 223 listed dependencies were sort of .dlls which > CUPS had added to everything that needed to print. Oh, how wrong can > you be????? 223 deleted apps later & I had a bare bones system - even > yumex was gone! & most of Gnome! > > SO, after a day & half fiddling, I got back to a working system again > (95%). I posted the situation on FedoraForum & was advised to bring it > to the attention of "Them what looks after Yum", but I can't find out > how to contact the yum team. > > Any suggestions on how one contacts the yum team??? > > Thanks > > Dave cups is a pretty important tool. so removing it removes a lot of applications. This isn't necessarily a bug or a feature, just how it currently works. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
