[Mageia-dev] Orphans - those poor orphans . . .

[Robert Fox]

On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 12:32 +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:16:52 +0100
> Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
> 
> > After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested
> > "orphans" - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or
> > basesystem-minimal) -
> > 
> > How do I clear out the orphans - like reset the logic behind it so the
> > correct packages will be orphaned?  Or is a fresh install in order??
> > 
> 
> What I normally do is invoke urpmi with the list of packages that I want in
> which case it says that it will mark them as manually installed and they won't
> be auto-orphaned.
> 

Thanks Shlomi - I was thinking that - but to know the packages I want
vs. the packages that are needed for the basic system . . . I don't know
them all by heart - like hal - is it needed still?