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

Fri Jan 6 12:00:48 CET 2012

On 6 January 2012 18:43, 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?
+>
+
+hal is deprecated in most linux distros(Debian and Gentoo as far as I
+know), but E17
+needs it. I'm using E17 here. You don't use E17, so it can be removed safely.
+
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