<div dir="ltr">Just run rm -rf / as root, it is much faster way to remove your os ;-)<div><br></div><div>dnf does what you tell it to do and ask for your confirmation, it is not it's job to protect you from doing stupid things with all kind of stupid logics.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As many others had said, a gun don't protect you for shooting yourself in foot.</div><div><br></div><div>You should properly stop wasting everybodys time and get on with something useful, I think everybody has figured out by now</div>
<div>that you don't like how dnf works, it dont add anything new, by saying the same stuff again & again.</div><div><br></div><div>many people stops reading fdl, because of all the flaming and people trash talking each other and that is sad for Fedora :-(</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Reindl Harald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net" target="_blank">h.reindl@thelounge.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">that is a joke - DNF even allows to remove libraries<br>
with recursive dependencies uninstall the complete<br>
operating system not only the running kernel<br>
<br>
nobody can seriously argue that this is a acceptable behavior<br>
to replace yum and "the developers decided so" shows once<br>
more that recent Fedora decisions are selfish and only<br>
pretend to care about users while not care<br>
<br>
frankly even a packaging error or a unexpierienced user<br>
tryies to solve dependency problems easily leads to<br>
a destroyed system that way<br>
<br>
[root@rawhide ~]# dnf remove pcre<br>
Failed loading plugin: copr<br>
Dependencies resolved.<br>
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Package Arch Version Repository<br>
Size<br>
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Removing:<br>
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185 k<br>
attr x86_64 2.4.47-7.fc21 @System<br>
158 k<br>
audit-libs x86_64 2.3.7-2.fc21 @System<br>
201 k<br>
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141 k<br>
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0<br>
bash x86_64 4.3.18-2.fc21 @System<br>
6.8 M<br>
bash-completion noarch 1:2.1-5.fc21 @System<br>
764 k<br>
binutils x86_64 2.24-15.fc21 @System<br>
20 M<br>
bzip2 x86_64 1.0.6-12.fc21 @System<br>
86 k<br>
bzip2-libs x86_64 1.0.6-12.fc21 @System<br>
68 k<br>
ca-certificates noarch 2013.1.97-3.fc21 @System<br>
1.0 M<br>
chkconfig x86_64 1.3.61-2.fc21 @System<br>
725 k<br>
coreutils x86_64 8.22-15.fc21 @System<br>
14 M<br>
cpio x86_64 2.11-28.fc21 @System<br>
673 k<br>
cracklib x86_64 2.9.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
205 k<br>
cracklib-dicts x86_64 2.9.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
9.0 M<br>
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211 k<br>
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41 k<br>
crontabs noarch 1.11-8.20130830git.fc21 @System<br>
3.6 k<br>
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34 k<br>
cryptsetup-libs x86_64 1.6.4-3.fc21 @System<br>
679 k<br>
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514 k<br>
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386 k<br>
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874 k<br>
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299 k<br>
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210 k<br>
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183 k<br>
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254 k<br>
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1.0 M<br>
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2.4 M<br>
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115 k<br>
dracut x86_64 037-13.git20140402.fc21 @System<br>
858 k<br>
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2.5 M<br>
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358 k<br>
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925 k<br>
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306 k<br>
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203 k<br>
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7.6 M<br>
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69 k<br>
file-libs x86_64 5.14-22.fc21 @System<br>
3.3 M<br>
filesystem x86_64 3.2-26.fc21 @System<br>
0<br>
findutils x86_64 1:4.5.12-5.fc21 @System<br>
1.5 M<br>
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38 k<br>
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11 k<br>
fontconfig x86_64 2.11.1-4.fc21 @System<br>
578 k<br>
freetype x86_64 2.5.3-6.fc21 @System<br>
906 k<br>
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2.1 M<br>
gd x86_64 2.1.0-5.fc21 @System<br>
420 k<br>
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373 k<br>
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4.6 M<br>
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853 k<br>
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10 M<br>
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14 M<br>
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636 k<br>
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6.3 M<br>
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1.8 M<br>
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593 k<br>
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1.1 M<br>
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7.1 M<br>
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20 M<br>
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115 k<br>
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254 k<br>
hardlink x86_64 1:1.0-19.fc21 @System<br>
16 k<br>
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181 k<br>
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138 k<br>
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19 k<br>
htop x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc21 @System<br>
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info x86_64 5.2-3.fc21 @System<br>
367 k<br>
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1.3 M<br>
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1.5 M<br>
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19 k<br>
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103 k<br>
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64 k<br>
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1.3 M<br>
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41 M<br>
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54 k<br>
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216 k<br>
kmod-libs x86_64 17-2.fc21 @System<br>
89 k<br>
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37 k<br>
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2.1 M<br>
libX11 x86_64 1.6.1-2.fc21 @System<br>
1.3 M<br>
libXau x86_64 1.0.8-3.fc21 @System<br>
54 k<br>
libXpm x86_64 3.5.11-2.fc21 @System<br>
110 k<br>
libacl x86_64 2.2.52-5.fc21 @System<br>
36 k<br>
libassuan x86_64 2.1.0-3.fc21 @System<br>
151 k<br>
libattr x86_64 2.4.47-7.fc21 @System<br>
20 k<br>
libblkid x86_64 2.25-0.1.fc21 @System<br>
259 k<br>
libcap x86_64 2.24-5.fc21 @System<br>
107 k<br>
libcap-ng x86_64 0.7.4-4.fc21 @System<br>
49 k<br>
libcom_err x86_64 1.42.10-3.fc21 @System<br>
59 k<br>
libcomps x86_64 0.1.6-12.fc21 @System<br>
200 k<br>
libcroco x86_64 0.6.8-4.fc21 @System<br>
312 k<br>
libcurl x86_64 7.37.0-2.fc21 @System<br>
465 k<br>
libdb x86_64 5.3.28-6.fc21 @System<br>
1.8 M<br>
libdb-utils x86_64 5.3.28-6.fc21 @System<br>
296 k<br>
libdnet x86_64 1.12-14.fc21 @System<br>
68 k<br>
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233 k<br>
libestr x86_64 0.1.9-2.fc21 @System<br>
43 k<br>
libffi x86_64 3.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
48 k<br>
libgcrypt x86_64 1.6.1-5.fc21 @System<br>
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146 k<br>
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343 k<br>
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27 M<br>
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351 k<br>
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27 k<br>
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67 k<br>
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50 k<br>
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278 k<br>
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46 k<br>
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325 k<br>
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136 k<br>
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118 k<br>
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158 k<br>
libsemanage x86_64 2.3-3.fc21 @System<br>
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71 k<br>
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330 k<br>
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1.1 M<br>
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410 k<br>
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481 k<br>
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20 k<br>
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22 k<br>
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770 k<br>
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485 k<br>
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40 k<br>
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100 k<br>
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931 k<br>
lua x86_64 5.2.2-6.fc21 @System<br>
588 k<br>
lyx-fonts noarch 2.1.0-4.fc21 @System<br>
273 k<br>
mlocate x86_64 0.26-5.fc21 @System<br>
378 k<br>
nano x86_64 2.3.4-2.fc21 @System<br>
1.9 M<br>
ncurses x86_64 5.9-14.20140323.fc21 @System<br>
433 k<br>
ncurses-libs x86_64 5.9-14.20140323.fc21 @System<br>
1.0 M<br>
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920 k<br>
nettle x86_64 2.7.1-4.fc21 @System<br>
754 k<br>
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282 k<br>
nss x86_64 3.16.1-4.fc21 @System<br>
2.7 M<br>
nss-softokn x86_64 3.16.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
1.1 M<br>
nss-softokn-freebl x86_64 3.16.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
512 k<br>
nss-sysinit x86_64 3.16.1-4.fc21 @System<br>
14 k<br>
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1.8 M<br>
nss-util x86_64 3.16.1-2.fc21 @System<br>
177 k<br>
ntp x86_64 4.2.6p5-20.fc21 @System<br>
1.4 M<br>
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121 k<br>
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1.3 M<br>
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966 k<br>
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1.4 M<br>
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2.2 M<br>
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900 k<br>
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2.6 M<br>
os-prober x86_64 1.58-7.fc21 @System<br>
94 k<br>
p11-kit x86_64 0.20.2-3.fc21 @System<br>
317 k<br>
p11-kit-trust x86_64 0.20.2-3.fc21 @System<br>
396 k<br>
pam x86_64 1.1.8-12.fc21 @System<br>
2.5 M<br>
passwd x86_64 0.79-3.fc21 @System<br>
412 k<br>
pcre x86_64 8.35-3.fc21 @System<br>
1.6 M<br>
php-cli x86_64 5.6.0-0.1.RC1.fc21 @System<br>
13 M<br>
php-common x86_64 5.6.0-0.1.RC1.fc21 @System<br>
7.4 M<br>
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2.2 M<br>
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102 k<br>
php-process x86_64 5.6.0-0.1.RC1.fc21 @System<br>
187 k<br>
php-xml x86_64 5.6.0-0.1.RC1.fc21 @System<br>
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pigz x86_64 2.3.1-2.fc21 @System<br>
119 k<br>
pinentry x86_64 0.8.3-2.fc21 @System<br>
93 k<br>
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popt x86_64 1.16-3.fc21 @System<br>
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486 k<br>
pth x86_64 2.0.7-23.fc21 @System<br>
260 k<br>
pygpgme x86_64 0.3-10.fc21 @System<br>
207 k<br>
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1.5 M<br>
pyliblzma x86_64 0.5.3-11.fc21 @System<br>
186 k<br>
python x86_64 2.7.7-2.fc21 @System<br>
78 k<br>
python-chardet noarch 2.0.1-8.fc21 @System<br>
1.1 M<br>
python-hawkey x86_64 0.4.16-2.fc21 @System<br>
141 k<br>
python-iniparse noarch 0.4-14.fc21 @System<br>
113 k<br>
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472 k<br>
python-libcomps x86_64 0.1.6-12.fc21 @System<br>
140 k<br>
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138 k<br>
python-libs x86_64 2.7.7-2.fc21 @System<br>
24 M<br>
python-pycurl x86_64 7.19.3.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
467 k<br>
python-six noarch 1.6.1-3.fc21 @System<br>
80 k<br>
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pyxattr x86_64 0.5.1-5.fc21 @System<br>
62 k<br>
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readline x86_64 6.3-1.fc21 @System<br>
483 k<br>
rng-tools x86_64 5-2.fc21 @System<br>
68 k<br>
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29 k<br>
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1.8 M<br>
rpm-build-libs x86_64 4.11.2-14.fc21 @System<br>
162 k<br>
rpm-libs x86_64 4.11.2-14.fc21 @System<br>
588 k<br>
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146 k<br>
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810 k<br>
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591 k<br>
shadow-utils x86_64 2:4.1.5.1-11.fc21 @System<br>
3.4 M<br>
shared-mime-info x86_64 1.3-4.fc21 @System<br>
3.9 M<br>
sqlite x86_64 3.8.5-2.fc21 @System<br>
865 k<br>
systemd x86_64 214-1.fc21 @System<br>
18 M<br>
systemd-libs x86_64 214-1.fc21 @System<br>
1.1 M<br>
tar x86_64 2:1.27.1-5.fc21 @System<br>
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tcp_wrappers-libs x86_64 7.6-77.fc21 @System<br>
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ustr x86_64 1.0.4-16.fc21 @System<br>
288 k<br>
util-linux x86_64 2.25-0.1.fc21 @System<br>
7.8 M<br>
vim-minimal x86_64 2:7.4.307-2.fc21 @System<br>
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289 k<br>
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2.3 M<br>
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75 k<br>
xz x86_64 5.1.2-12alpha.fc21 @System<br>
231 k<br>
xz-libs x86_64 5.1.2-12alpha.fc21 @System<br>
230 k<br>
yum noarch 3.4.3-152.fc21 @System<br>
5.6 M<br>
yum-metadata-parser x86_64 1.1.4-12.fc21 @System<br>
57 k<br>
yum-utils noarch 1.1.31-24.fc21 @System<br>
323 k<br>
zlib x86_64 1.2.8-5.fc21 @System<br>
184 k<br>
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995<br>
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Transaction Summary<br>
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Remove 230 Packages<br>
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Installed size: 503 M<br>
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