how to uninstall preload?
suvayu ali
fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Tue Jul 20 22:32:06 UTC 2010
On 20 July 2010 15:21, Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:
> So Adalbert's "rpm -e preload" advice is good advice.
>
> It happens that nothing depends on preload (I know this because I
> routinely remove it from systems because it modifies binaries and that
> sets off annoying alerts in our integrity monitoring software).
>
> So:
> yum is recommended because is makes a lot of common tasks much easier
> rpm is fine though, provided you are ok with its limitations;
> as described above - sometimes I want those limitations
>
> The package state is kept entirely in the rpm database - it is safe, as
> far as the database integrity goes, to mix use of rpm and yum as suits
> your needs.
>
Please look at my response to Rudolf's post with reasons behind my statement.
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