[Yum-devel] [PATCH] Add more options for control over package-cleanup's --leaves option

Tim Lauridsen tim.lauridsen at googlemail.com
Mon Mar 24 07:21:27 UTC 2008


James Bowes wrote:
> Add the following options for --leaves:
>  * --exclude-devel :: Any package whose name ends in devel is not a
>                       leaf.
>  * --exclude-bin   :: Any package that has a file with 'bin' in the
>                       name is not a leaf.
>  * --leaf-regex    :: A regular expression used for deciding if a
>                       package is a leaf. Use "^(perl)|(python)" to
>                       examine perl and python packages, for example.
>                       Defaults to "(^lib.*)|(.*lib(|s)$)".
> 
> --exclude-devel is somewhat redundant with --leaf-regex, but its probably nice to have for convenience.
> 

The options and the patch looks good to me.

Tim



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