On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 14:08 -0700, Olaf Olson wrote: > Thanks, Garrick. If I have learned from this, your suggestion would > remove the package from the database, without removing the kernel itself > (no change to the filesystem) and would also remove no dependencies. The > procedure I used, at Seth's suggestion, would remove all dependencies > and actually remove the stuff from the filesystem. > > If I had a package that was partially working and I wanted to replace it > without first destroying it - something that all us timid folk prefer to > do - your suggestion would be the smart thing to do, short of not > getting into the situation in the first place. Since my kernel was not > installed and had no dependencies, there was no risk here of doing as > Seth suggested and burning the whole thing. Also in the case of the kernel, if you have another one then you won't remove the deps. > > Since I am once again e-mailing from my formerly crippled YDL Mac, I > think we can safely say that it worked. glad it's not broken. :) -sv
