[lug] mandriva 10.2 limited edition 2005

[Ben Luey]

I'm not sure this does exactly what you want, but for .deb, the program
deborphan searches for libraries that no longer have dependences. So if
bar is a library, this will do what you want. If it is a program, I think
you are out of luck.

Ben


>> You installed foo, which depended on bar. When you uninstall foo, will
>> bar be uninstalled too, or do you have to remember to uninstall it as
>> well? Do you get a log of all the install/upgrade/uninstall activity?
>
>
> I think you have to remember to uninstall it yourself. I so rarely
> uninstall
> things that I haven't pursued this.
>
> Just curious, I haven't found any RPM tools that do the above.
>
>
> Doesn't apt do this? Apt works great with rpms, you know.
>
> BTW, I don't think apt does this always--what is the command or setting to
> get it to uninstall bar when you remove foo?
>
> Michael
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