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

+ Thomas Spuhler + thomas at btspuhler.com +
+ Sat Jan 7 17:48:36 CET 2012 +

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On Friday, January 06, 2012 12:57:39 PM Sander Lepik wrote:
+> 06.01.2012 21:06, Dale Huckeby kirjutas:
+> > Evidently once I've installed package A which requests X, sometimes
+> > packages F, L, and T might subsequently get installed which also need X
+> > *and presumably would have requested it had it not already been
+> > installed*.  But when I uninstall A it orphans X because A is the only
+> > package that *requested* it.  When F, L, and T are installed can't all
+> > the packages they *would have requested* be marked whether or not
+> > they're already installed?  That way a package would be orphaned only
+> > when the last package that needs it is uninstalled?  Or am I missing
+> > something?
+> 
+> This is already so. See example: http://pastebin.com/AMj87QiV - after first
+> urpme libplasmaweather4 should be marked as orphan but it's not as it's
+> still required by other package.
+> 
+> --
+> Sander
+
+It seems to me, auto-orphans gives more headaches than benefits. Why are we 
+clinching to it?
+
+-- 
+Best regards
+Thomas Spuhler
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