Re: RPM Soft dependencies (Was: Re: Agenda for the 2009-05-26 Packaging Committee meeting)

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Horst H. von Brand wrote:

> This means the overloaded user has to remember to mark as used the stuff
> she is using so it doesn't get pulled out from under her feet by deleting
> unrelated packages.

Nobody said stuff has to be removed automatically.
After you have a working infrastructure, you can decide the default
behavior.

  # yum remove a) b)
  Packages to be removed:
  a)
  b)
  Proceed:(y/n) y
  2 packages removed.
  # yum list --unused-deps
  The following packages were installed for dependencies but are
  currently not needed (use 'remove --unused-deps' to remove them):
  c)
  d)
  # yum remove --unused-deps
  Packages to be removed (unused deps):
  c)
  d)
  Proceed:(y/n) y
  2 packages removed.

(just fictional messages, of course)

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   Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it

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