Re: Dependency aware package removal.

[Awais Riaz <synked yahoo com>]

I was looking for a all-in-one solution for all of my
package management needs.

I have that in apt :). It does everything I need it to
do. I was expecting something similar for RHEL4
considering I'm actually paying for it :). If only I
could get RHEL4 packages via an apt or yum repos....


Cheers,

Awais


 
--- Don Buchholz <buchholz easystreet com> wrote:

> 
> How about writing a script using "rpm -q
> --whatrequires" to
> list all the dependent packages, and then build a
> full list
> of packages to pass on to "rpm -e"?
> 
> 
> Awais Riaz wrote:
> 
> >But what it can't do (and what I'm after) is remove
> >all the packages depending on that package (and so
> >on...). The same applies to package groups. Without
> >this functionality package removal can be quite a
> >tedious job.
> >
> >I'm thinking of using yum with the local rpmdb to
> do
> >this. AFAIK, using yum with the local rpmdb and
> >up2date  
> >both should cause no problems. This way I can use
> yum
> >to install and remove packages and dependencies and
> >up2date to download the latest errata and updates.
> >
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Awais
> >  
> >
> >--- Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 duke edu> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 at 3:24am, Awais Riaz wrote
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm new to RHEL4 and have a question that has
> been
> >>>bothering me.
> >>>
> >>>Is there a proper 'Redhat way' of removing
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>packages in
> >>    
> >>
> >>>a dependency aware manner on systems without X
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>(and
> >>    
> >>
> >>>hence no system-config-packages)? Coming from a
> >>>background using apt and yum, I find it strange
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>that
> >>    
> >>
> >>>up2date doesn't provide this functionality. I've
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>been
> >>    
> >>
> >>>taking this functionality for granted for years
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>with
> >>    
> >>
> >>>other package management systems and am suprised
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>not
> >>    
> >>
> >>>to find an out-of-the-box, all-in-one,  fully
> >>>functional package management solution in RHEL4.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Am I
> >>    
> >>
> >>>missing something? 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Erm, 'rpm -e' will refuse to remove a package if
> >>others depend on it.
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Joshua Baker-LePain
> >>Department of Biomedical Engineering
> >>Duke University
> >>
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> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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