On Apr 15, 2009, at 09:21, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Bob Gustafson wrote:
I'm comparing two messengers:
One, with 'minimum code', which relies on the user to decide whether the dependency list to be removed contains elements which are actively used by other packages.
A second, (debian's package manager), which maintains a reference count so it does not remove elements which are still in use by other packages.
Which would you like to unleash on the world?
Debian's dep resolver WILL remove a dependency if you run apt-get remove a package (ie) apt-get remove foo will cause all that depends on foo to be removed as well. There is no difference between yum and apt-get here.
The reference count is only useful in removing ADDITIONAL leaf packages.
Yes, I'm concerned about the ADDITIONAL packages removed by yum because it does not maintain a reference count.
It happened to me - 152 packages were removed. Many were critical to the operation of my system. A reference counting package manager would not have done that. |
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