Yum and Yumex

[Aioanei Rares]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   Yes, you read me correctly
>
> For uninstalls, I think we are forced to using rpm, which prompts to
> indicate what it is taking along with the module you requested for the
> uninstall.
>
> yum works in reverse (uninstalls), quietly, as it does in forward gear
> (updates or installs).
>
> --- On *Tue, 11/25/08, Aioanei Rares <schaiba at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: Aioanei Rares <schaiba at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Yum and Yumex
> To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <
> fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:05 AM
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>   There is a serious problem with both of these programs when it comes to
>> deletion.
>>
>> I inadvertently installed a few programs that should not have been, so
>> with Yumex I selected them for deletion.
>>
>> I received the confirmation, and then yum went through the complete tree,
>> deleting every file in the branchs.  The end result that yumex yum, rpm and
>> many many many more files were expunged.
>>
>> I looked at the situation, since F10beta is not F10, and noone has
>> reported this problem, this is a real issue that needs some attention.
>>
>> In a delete mode, a where-used should be done to limit deletion to
>> independent dependencies.
>>
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>
> If I understand correctly, you wanted to uninstall some programs (which?)
> and yum
> deleted yumex, itself, rpm and many more?
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What did you try to uninstall that made yum remove itself as a dependency?

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Aioanei Rares
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