[packagekit] remove-packages and allow_deps / autoremove

[Daniel Nicoletti]

>autoremove=True means if foo needs bar and I remove foo, bar is removed.
>About this one, I'm sure I will not be able to implement it because it's unsafe
>to remove libs in portage except if you know what you are doing (for some
>reasons you probably don't want to know about). So, I was thinking about a
>message telling autoremove=True has been ignored (better than an error in my
>opinion).

yep, bar is removed, but you should only remove bar if no other package depends
on that.
I don't think issuing a message is important since imo this is a distro behavior.

For example we have a config in Debian that set's autoremoves, and it will really
upset a user to see that message every time.

In Debian that's always used when using aptitude, since it's a waste of disk keep
unused packages there. Also the more packages the more security problems you
may have, that's why that's the default behavior.

Cheers,
Daniel.



----- Mensagem original ----
De: Mounir Lamouri <mounir.lamouri at gmail.com>
Para: PackageKit users and developers list <packagekit at lists.freedesktop.org>
Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 20 de Julho de 2009 18:36:04
Assunto: [packagekit] remove-packages and allow_deps / autoremove

Hi,

If I understand it correctly:
allow_deps=True means backend should remove packages that depends on removed
ones. Like foo needs bar, if I remove bar, foo is removed. And with
allow_deps=False, such a situation should leads to an error ?
I need more info about this option because if the behavior is the one described,
portage hasn't such behavior.

autoremove=True means if foo needs bar and I remove foo, bar is removed.
About this one, I'm sure I will not be able to implement it because it's unsafe
to remove libs in portage except if you know what you are doing (for some
reasons you probably don't want to know about). So, I was thinking about a
message telling autoremove=True has been ignored (better than an error in my
opinion).

By the way, when these options are enabled ?
By the way (two), autoremove isn't in remove_packages python script. I will add
it with MESSAGE_AUTOREMOVE_IGNORED message if you see no objection.

Thanks,
Mounir
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