Joachim Backes wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: >>cyrus-sasl is required by several things, including sendmail and >>evolution connector. >> >>you can do this from the command line to see exactly what you have >>installed that needs cyrus-sasl >> >>rpm -e cyrus-sasl KIDS: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME IF YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS DOES. > rpm -e --nodeps cyrus-sasl This *will* remove it, regardless of dependencies. This is *NOT* the desired behaviour in this example. This normally never is the desired behaviour. >>(that will fail and tell you every package that depends on something >>provided by cyrus-sasl) Had he removed it with --nodeps, chances are good that most of the the system won't work anymore. Please do refrain from giving away "tips" like that without further explanation and proper warning signs. Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra at br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...80300 München | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Programmbereich.Bayern 3, Jugend und | .which cannot be justified on any other Multimedia.........Tl:089.5900.16023 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070122/45e1221b/attachment-0005.sig>