Re: Erasing Order

["Jeff Johnson" <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On 11/6/06, Lionel Cons <lionel cons cern ch> wrote:
> It seems that dependencies (like with the Requires tag) do influence
> the installation order but not the erasing order.
>
> If package A depends on B, it would seem natural that A is erased
> before B (when both are given on the command line) but experience
> shows that this is not the case.

Yep.

> Is there anything that can be done when building packages to control
> the order in which they will be removed?

Sure. You can use rpm-4.4.6 or later, where erasures are ordered.

73 de Jeff