| Maximum RPM: Taking the Red Hat Package Manager to the Limit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prev | Chapter 3. Using RPM to Erase Packages | Next |
to erase packages that are critical to your system's continued operation. Here are some examples of packages not to erase:
RPM: RPM will happily uninstall itself. No problem — you'll just re-install it with rpm -i… Oops!
use /bin/sh, which is a symbolic link to /bin/bash. No /bin/bash, no /bin/sh. No /bin/sh, no system!
In many cases, RPM's dependency processing will prevent inadvertent erasures from causing massive problems. However, if you're not sure, use rpm -q to get more information about the package you'd like to erase. [1]
| [1] | See Chapter 5 for more information on rpm -q. |
| Главная |