[CentOS] Going back to a minimal system : strange problem

Mon Feb 26 17:40:36 UTC 2018
Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>

Le 26/02/2018 à 16:12, Gordon Messmer a écrit :
> I would hazard to guess that the flaw is simply that from time to time,
> packages are added to the minimal install as a side effect of adding in
> new dependencies.  If you had a minimal install and simply ran "yum
> update", you would periodically see yum report that it would install new
> packages for dependencies, in addition to the updates.  As that is the
> case, you will need to update your minimal package list immediately
> before running the pruning script in order to avoid removal of core
> packages.

OK, I found the culprit. A simple mix-up in my minimal package list. The
file I used was the old one from a CentOS 7.2 installation. A simple
'diff' showed me where I was wrong.

I updated the minimal package list, and everything works like a charm again.

Cheers,

Niki

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