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

Sun Jan 8 13:19:54 CET 2012

Le 07/01/2012 11:14, ptyxs a écrit :
+> Le 06/01/2012 17:55, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 06/01/12 10:16 did gyre and gimble:
+>>> 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??
+>> FWIW, as I see some people not liking this feature, personally I don't
+>> use --auto-orphans, but instead use "urpmq --not-available" to find
+>> packages I have installed that are no longer provided by the
+>> repositories. This will typically include old and unneeded library
+>> majors etc. that accumulate after a while.
+>>
+>> This list is much clearer in what it actually outputs and is basically
+>> the same as the yum orphan list command (I forget what the command
+>> actually is, but it's what inspired me to write the first version which
+>> in turn was vastly improved by a native implementation by (IIRC) Pascal
+>> Terjan :))
+>>
+>> Col
+>>
+>>
+> The problem is not 'I like it'/'I don't like it', the problem is that
+> this feature caused sometimes the loss of very important packages making
+> the system unusable and leading to a necessary reinstallation.
+rpm -e --nodeps also.
+
+-- 
+BOFH excuse #42:
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+spaghetti cable cause packet failure
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