Can I delete *FC3* files from my FC4 system?

[Nat Gross]

On 1/24/06, Chasecreek Systemhouse <chasecreek.systemhouse at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/24/06, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> > Nat Gross wrote:
> >
> > > Can I do a wildcard, like: rpm -e *FC3*
> >
> > I don't think so.  But:
> >
> > rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep kernel | grep FC3`
> >
> > will do the trick.
>
> Actually, inside an empty directory this will work -
>   #  yum remove *FC3*
>
> Cheers!
Hey. I didn't realize I can use grep for something like this. (I use
it for output, not input. Thanks for that tip.)
But, Yum seemed simple so here is the log, fwiw.
=============
 yum remove *FC3*
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.14_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.35_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.10-1.766_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1376_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.10-1.770_FC3 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.27_FC3 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
 kernel                  i686       2.6.11-1.14_FC3  installed          47 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.12-1.1372_FC3  installed          36 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.11-1.35_FC3  installed          47 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.10-1.766_FC3  installed          44 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.12-1.1378_FC3  installed          48 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.12-1.1376_FC3  installed          48 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.12-1.1381_FC3  installed          48 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.10-1.770_FC3  installed          44 M
 kernel                  i686       2.6.11-1.27_FC3  installed          47 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       9 Package(s)
Total download size: 0
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [1/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [2/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [3/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [4/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [5/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [6/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [7/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [8/9]
  Removing  : kernel                       ######################### [9/9]

Removed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.14_FC3 kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1372_FC3
kernel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.35_FC3 kernel.i686 0:2.6.10-1.766_FC3
kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1376_FC3 kernel
.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 kernel.i686 0:2.6.10-1.770_FC3 kernel.i686
0:2.6.11-1.27_FC3
Complete!
=============================
Thank you!
(hope this thing boots next time!)
-nat