Yum and Yumex

[Leslie Satenstein]

Yes, you read me correctly

For uninstalls, I think we are forced to using rpm, which prompts to indicate what it is taking along with the module you requested for the uninstall.

yum works in reverse (uninstalls), quietly, as it does in forward gear (updates or installs).

--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Aioanei Rares <schaiba at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Aioanei Rares <schaiba at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Yum and Yumex
To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:05 AM




On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Leslie Satenstein <lsatenstein at yahoo.com> wrote:





There is a serious problem with both of these programs when it comes to deletion.

I inadvertently installed a few programs that should not have been, so with Yumex I selected them for deletion.


I received the confirmation, and then yum went through the complete tree, deleting every file in the branchs.  The end result that yumex yum, rpm and many many many more files were expunged.

I looked at the situation, since F10beta is not F10, and noone has reported this problem, this is a real issue that needs some attention.


In a delete mode, a where-used should be done to limit deletion to independent dependencies. 

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If I understand correctly, you wanted to uninstall some programs (which?) and yum 
deleted yumex, itself, rpm and many more? 
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