[Mageia-dev] Orphans - those poor orphans . . .

Fri Jan 6 11:52:16 CET 2012

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:43:21 +0100
+Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+
+> On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 12:32 +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
+> > On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:16:52 +0100
+> > Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+> > 
+> > > After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested
+> > > "orphans" - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or
+> > > basesystem-minimal) -
+> > > 
+> > > How do I clear out the orphans - like reset the logic behind it so the
+> > > correct packages will be orphaned?  Or is a fresh install in order??
+> > > 
+> > 
+> > What I normally do is invoke urpmi with the list of packages that I want in
+> > which case it says that it will mark them as manually installed and they won't
+> > be auto-orphaned.
+> > 
+> 
+> Thanks Shlomi - I was thinking that - but to know the packages I want
+> vs. the packages that are needed for the basic system . . . I don't know
+> them all by heart - like hal - is it needed still?  
+> 
+
+You're welcome.
+
+I don't have the "hal" package installed on either of my systems (both x86-64)
+and most everything seems fine (except from various minor bugs in various
+higher-level packages that I'm sure have nothing to do with "hal".).
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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