On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 08:15 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Robert Nichols >> <rnicholsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On 02/20/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> >> I was googling for a way to figure out a dependency chain for a >> >> package I'm trying to flush out a spec file for and build. There >> >> doesn't seem to be a non-destructive equivalent to "yum erase >> >> <package>" to see if I need to explicitly include a package/program. >> >> >> >> Anyone have a solution they like? >> > >> > Unless you use "-y" on the command line or have "assumeyes" in your >> > yum.conf file, yum is going to prompt for confirmation before actually >> > removing anything. >> >> Obviously. I was just trying to find a method that's failsafe. One >> could argue that it's very easy to accidentally add -y or press y at >> the prompt because that's what you're used to doing. > > echo N|yum erase foo > > Not elegant but it works. Hmmm.... I could wrap that in my own shell script to make it more memorable. Something like "depcheck" or the like. Thanks, Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
