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

[Shlomi Fish]

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:43:21 +0100
Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:

> 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?  
> 

You're welcome.

I don't have the "hal" package installed on either of my systems (both x86-64)
and most everything seems fine (except from various minor bugs in various
higher-level packages that I'm sure have nothing to do with "hal".).

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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