Re: Yum update remove some driver or software.

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In that case, do not use the command line yum.
Use the GUI YumX which will let you
uncheck things you do not want installed.

However, I do not know if it will inform you
of impending deletion of something due to
dependency resolution.

On 02/18/2011 09:20 AM, Dario Lesca wrote:
> On my F14, today if I do a "yum update" I see that:
>
>> Dependencies Resolved
>>
>> ====================================================================================================================================================================
>>   Package                                                  Arch                 Version                                          Repository                     Size
>> ====================================================================================================================================================================
>> Installing:
>>   kernel                                                   x86_64               2.6.35.11-83.fc14                                updates                        22 M
>>   kernel-devel                                             x86_64               2.6.35.11-83.fc14                                updates                       6.6 M
>> Updating:
>>   PackageKit                                               x86_64               0.6.12-2.fc14                                    updates                       548 k
>>   PackageKit-glib                                          x86_64               0.6.12-2.fc14                                    updates                       116 k
>>   [........]
>>   tigervnc-license                                         noarch               1.0.90-0.24.20100813svn4123.fc14                 updates                        18 k
>>   util-linux-ng                                            x86_64               2.18-4.8.fc14                                    updates                       1.5 M
>>   webkitgtk                                                x86_64               1.3.10-1.fc14                                    updates                       6.2 M
>> Removing:
>>   kernel                                                   x86_64               2.6.35.6-48.fc14                                 @local-updates                103 M
>>   kernel-devel                                             x86_64               2.6.35.6-48.fc14                                 @local-updates                 23 M
>> Removing for dependencies:
>>   kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64               x86_64               0.0.0.301124-1.fc14.2                            @rpmfusion-free               282 k
>>   open-vm-tools                                            x86_64               0.0.0.301124-1.fc14                              @rpmfusion-free               2.4 M
> No, No, No. This is not correct.
>
> I don't want update(install) a new kernel, if this remove open-vm-tools
> (or some other driver in other case) for resolve dependencies.
>
> If I have install open-vm-tools (or other) I do not want witch someone
> or something uninstall it.
>
> Rather yum did not install the kernel and notify me that there is a new
> kernel, but can not install it.
>
> Yes, ok, I can use exclude=kernel* line command or into yum.conf, but
> this is not the same things: the default IMHO should be: do not remove
> other package when I update some software.
>
> Or did I miss or forget something?
>
> Thanks
>

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