[ydl-gen] stuff

[Derick Centeno]

Now this is interesting.

Let's say that my normally suspicious nature is suspended and I  
pursue this effort with yum (one more time) are you telling me that  
yum will this time - in no uncertain terms - clearly indicate that a  
package is needed in ydl6 or ydl 6.1 and advise me not to remove it?

You're stating that I'll definitely see somewhere "don't delete that  
package - your system needs it." stated by yum as a warning?  Or are  
you really saying that I should be astute enough to read the  
installed packages listing in pirut and i really after all these  
years should know better in the first place?

On Dec 16, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:

>
>  Actually, the whole point of using yum is to remove dependencies,  
> etc.. This
> has *always* been the point of yum. I don't know who gave you that  
> advice,
> but they were clearly mistaken. Otherwise, if you do rpm -e  
> packagename, but
> 5 other packages require packagename, then you'll have to manually  
> remove
> those as well. You certainly don't want to delete packages without  
> deleting
> things that depend on them.
>
>  So, yes, in some contexts, you might try to remove a package that  
> will
> cripple your system should you follow all dependencies. The point  
> there is
> *don't delete that package - your system needs it*.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Tuesday 16 December 2008 01:50:17 pm Derick Centeno wrote:
>> Background:  Some years ago I recall that it was advised to not use
>> yum in the way you recommended.  Yum when used to erase anything was
>> so thorough it removed not only the target application but also
>> whatever dependencies it used and dependencies related to them.
>> Resulting in a crippled system.  This problem happened to me several
>> times... the safest way I found around using yum to remove anything
>> was to use rpm -e instead.
>>
>> Question:  Has this situation regarding yum changed or been  
>> corrected?
>>
>> Thanks for your time in clarifying this.
>>
>> Sincerely, Derick.
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 16 December 2008 04:46:46 am Kevin Diggs wrote:
>>>> I think someone posted a query on how to get the format error in
>>>> /proc/cpuinfo mails to root to stop. If you replace
>>>> /etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron with:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>  Of course, there's an easier way to do this:
>>>
>>> yum erase mcelog
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
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