On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:09:36AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > fred smith wrote: > >I've got a Centos 4 box at work, where I noticed a pile of old kernels > >lying around and no longer needed. > > > >I did "rpm -qa | grep -y kernel > list" then edited the list to remove > >from it the newer kernels, then "yum remove `cat list`". Yum has come > >up with a list of 71 packages it wants to remove, even though there > >were only 33 kernel-related RPMs in the list. this doesn't seem right > >to me, as it is trying to remove a bunch of KDE files, net-snmp stuff, > >freeradius, etc. I show the entire list below. > > > >This certainly does NOT seem right to me. Anyone care to enlighten me? > > > >Given that it wants to do this, I'm thinking I'd be better off to just do > >"rpm -e `cat list`" instead. > > > >Fred > >============================================================================= > > Package Arch Version Repository Size > >============================================================================= > >Removing: <snippage> > > kernel-utils i386 1:2.4-13.1.105 installed 1.6 > > M <snippage> > > > >Transaction Summary > >============================================================================= > >Install 0 Package(s) > >Update 0 Package(s) > >Remove 71 Package(s) > >Total download size: 0 > >Is this ok [y/N]: > > You are trying to remove kernel-utils ...you don't want to do that. > That might cut back the deps a bit. Also, i never remove packages with > yum, but with: > > rpm -e `cat list` > > But, that is just my advise. Thanks to Johnny and all the others who pointed out the stupid thing I was trying to do. I'll follow the advice to clean up 'list' before trying it again. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) ----------------------------- -------------- 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/20080716/e7a47843/attachment-0005.sig>