questions and issues about the modular X updates

[Mike A. Harris]

Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:53 -0600, Jason Dravet wrote:
> 
>>2.  When I did the yum update all of the xorg-x11-drv rpms downloaded.  This 
>>is 56 files several of which I don't need.  I have a Number nine Revolution 
>>IV video supported by the i128 package.  I don't need the cirrus, trident, 
>>s3, nv, etc packages, but I can't uninstall them.  I get
>>rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-trident
>>error: Failed dependencies:
>>        xorg-x11-drv-trident is needed by (installed) 
>>xorg-x11-drivers-0.99.2-3.i386
>>Will I be able to uninstall unnecessary drivers?
> 
> 
> You previously had all the drivers installed.  By default, we're going
> to be installing all of the drivers as that keeps things easier for
> people to change hardware, etc.  Although not recommended, you can (at
> least currently) remove the xorg-x11-drivers package and then remove
> individual driver packages that you don't need.  This could cause
> problems down the road if drivers get split or some other reason for
> needing a new driver package.

Except that that wont work when I make the X server depend on the
xorg-x11-drivers package to be present, to stop people from
uninstalling drivers.  ;o)