On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 13:07 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > Seth Vidal wrote: > > Okay this is obviously just Proof code so take it as read - but grab > > this script: > > > > http://skvidal.fedorapeople.org/misc/remove-recurse.py > > > > and run it with one arg being the pkg you wish to remove. It will print > > out what it would end up doing if it was removed. > > > > for example: > > > > # python remove-recurse.py easytag > > remove easytag > > removing id3lib-3.8.3-20.fc9.i386 b/c it is not required by anything > > else > > removing libmp4v2-1.5.0.1-6.fc9.i386 b/c it is not required by anything > > else > > libmp4v2.i386 0-1.5.0.1-6.fc9 - e > > id3lib.i386 0-3.8.3-20.fc9 - e > > easytag.i386 0-2.1-5.fc9 - e > > > > > > > > It doesn't actually change anything, just prints out what would happen. > > then tell me which (and I'm sure there are many) cases it doesn't > > properly address. > > -sv > > > > > [badger@Clingman tmp]$ sudo ./remove-recurse.py yum > [...] > removing pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386 b/c it is not required by anything else > removing python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc9.noarch b/c it is not required by > anything else > > As it turns out, I personally need both of these deps. I have a script > in ~/bin/ that uses pygpgme. I also am working on fas in a local > checkout which requires pygpgme. And I'm evaluating python-iniparse and > python-configobj to see which one I'm going to be using for some fedora > infrastructure scripts. > > So -- I like having a script that can remove things recursively. Even > better if I could do: > sudo remove-recurse.py yum --exclude pygpgme > > I just wouldn't want this kind of thing to be automatic or to be the > default when I do "yum remove" > I mostly agree. I sorta think that _maybe_ your case is becoming more of the edge case and a lot more folks want to remove all the things that just got dragged in when they ran: yum install this_really_cool_thing So, if there were an option to let you disable leaf removal would that work out? -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
