So, long story short - even if I'm not using cyrus for imap/pop3, it's best to leave the sasl library alone. Got it - thanks for filling me in on the details. Gordon On 1/22/07, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > >