On 2 June 2013 15:11, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> (Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a >> separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I >> don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual >> problem is.) > > As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange > is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be > some other flag to make that happen). > > > when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my > view both should be reinstalled. > This would only really make sense if done recursively. If you think about this for a moment you'll realise that it means reinstalling large chunks of the system (kernel, glibc, other libraries). -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
