On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:42 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > Seth Vidal wrote: > > 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? > > > Depends. I'd much rather have:: > yum remove (-r|-R|--recursive) this_really_cool_thing > > than:: > yum remove --no-recursive this_really_cool_thing > > But maybe that's just the positive me. > > If it goes in /etc/yum.conf then either one could be the default. A > setting in a config file can be scripted in a kickstart, deployed by > puppet, or set by an individual user once and then forgotten. > nod. The other option, given the code I just put in a separate script, is to make it a plugin to handle the above. It wouldn't be hard to do and then if you wanted leaf dep removal you could install/enable the plugin. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
