Cups problem

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:35 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> : sudo rpm -e x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386
> : sudo yum -y install yum-utils
> : # and then finally...let us know the output of
> : sudo package-cleanup --orphans
> : 
> : This will list problematic packages
> 
> Out of pure curiosity, I just ran 
> 
> `package-cleanup --orphans'
> 
> on my fairly well-maintained F7 system and got:
> 
> [root at medulla0 ~]# package-cleanup --orphans
> Setting up yum
> kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.x86_64
> fetchmail-init-1.1-0.noarch
> autofs-5.0.1-27.x86_64
> kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-10.fc7.x86_64
> pam-0.99.7.1-5.1.fc7.x86_64
> pam-0.99.7.1-5.1.fc7.i386
> mysql-libs-5.0.45-1.fc7.i386
> pam-devel-0.99.7.1-5.1.fc7.i386
> metamail-2.7-29.7.x.legacy.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.23.1-21.fc7.x86_64
> pam-devel-0.99.7.1-5.1.fc7.x86_64
> mysql-libs-5.0.45-1.fc7.x86_64
> VMwareWorkstation-6.0.2-59824.x86_64
> kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-21.fc7.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.23.1-10.fc7.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-100.14.19-1.2.6.23.1_10.fc7.x86_64
> iptables-ipv6-1.3.8-2.1.fc7.x86_64
> grub-0.97-13.i386
> iptables-1.3.8-2.1.fc7.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.22.5-76.fc7.x86_64
> AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486
> 
> (Yes, I keep more than two kernels around.)
> 
> Which of these is problematic?  I'd be interested to know what
> `package-cleanup --orphans' is checking for?
> 
> The man page gives this description:
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>        package-cleanup  is  a  program  for  cleaning  up  the  locally-
>        installed RPMs.
> 
> 
> Later in the man page it says something about these packages not
> coming from any yum repo.  In the list agove, that is only true for a
> subset of packages (e.g. AdobeReader_enu and VMwareWorkstation).
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please have the courtesy of starting your own (NEW) thread as this one
has gone on and on and the OP gets confused too easily

Craig