[lug] Debian is better?

[jdavis]

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 02:14, Nate Duehr wrote:
> I just want to know why you can --force an install but not an 
> UN-install... with RPM.  That's super-duper-lame.
> 
> That one really chaps me sometimes when I *know* I want a package 
> gone...  I'm the damn sysadmin, not RPM!  (Of course there are ways 
> around this, but then your RPM database isn't really correct without 
> more work.)
> 
> An example, say I've compiled my own version of Apache someplace on the 
> filesystem and would like to remove the httpd package... without 
> removing all the OTHER things that depend on having Apache around.  With 
> other package tools they give me the option to shoot myself in the foot 
> if I want to... RPM refuses to allow it.
> 
> I don't know how I feel about that.
> 
> And no, I can't make an RPM for every custom version of Apache... let's 
> say I'm running ten of them.  All compiled differently.  But they can 
> and should be able to SHARE stuff like php binaries... and I should be 
> able to force the removal of RedHat's package.
> 
> Anyone know the history behind why they don't allow for this in RPM?  Or 
> some way to do it "cleanly"?
> 
> Nate
> 
> 

I have been able to remove RPMs with --nodeps, only when I know Im
replacing the main binary or package.Also...I have never had any
serious dependancy problems with rh7 and up...and I seem to break
stuff by nature. 
 
jd