[Yum] Re: yum install -force package

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 14:08 -0700, Olaf Olson wrote:
> Thanks, Garrick. If I have learned from this, your suggestion would 
> remove the package from the database, without removing the kernel itself 
> (no change to the filesystem) and would also remove no dependencies. The 
> procedure I used, at Seth's suggestion, would remove all dependencies 
> and actually remove the stuff from the filesystem.
> 
> If I had a package that was partially working and I wanted to replace it 
> without first destroying it - something that all us timid folk prefer to 
> do - your suggestion would be the smart thing to do, short of not 
> getting into the situation in the first place. Since my kernel was not 
> installed and had no dependencies, there was no risk here of doing as 
> Seth suggested and burning the whole thing.

Also in the case of the kernel, if you have another one then you won't
remove the deps.


> 
> Since I am once again e-mailing from my formerly crippled YDL Mac, I 
> think we can safely say that it worked.

glad it's not broken. :)

-sv