Dear psyche users,
While trying (for security reasons) to remove the
portmap service, I have found two issues about
which I kindly request your comments:
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1. Cyclic RPM dependency ypbind<->yp-tools
portmap is needed by ypbind-1.11-2
ypbind is needed by yp-tools-2.7-3
yp-tools is needed by ypbind-1.11-2
I solved this issue by typing:
# rpm -e --nodeps ypbind
# rpm -e yp-tools
Is this cyclic dependency a design flaw or
a mechanism to keep both packages installed
simultaneously or none of the above?
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2. After uninstalling ypbind and yp-tools, I get
these portmap uninstall script errors:
error: %preun(portmap-4.0-46) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
error: %trigger(portmap-4.0-46) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
I solved this issue by typing:
# rpm -e --notriggerpostun --nopreun portmap
This is the first time that I have used these
switches which is probably a dirty solution.
So my questions are:
Is there a "clean" way to remove portmap?
(By clean I mean using only the "-e" switch)
Are these uninstall script errors a bug
in the portmap package?
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Are there any side effects for forcing
the removal of packages in this way?
Thanks in advance for your answers
and/or any other comments.
Regards,
Miguel
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