On 01/06/2014 09:53 AM, M A Young wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2014, Chris Murphy wrote: > >> >> On Jan 5, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Roberto Ragusa <mail(a)robertoragusa.it&gt; wrote: >> >>> On 01/05/2014 03:00 PM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: >>>> On 01/05/2014 02:42 PM, David Shwatrz wrote: >>>>> Is it OK to remove dnf with yum remove dnf ? will it cause any >>>>> problems ? >>>> >>>> If you upgrade from F19 to F20 dnf will not be installed, so I see >>>> no harm in removing it from F20. >>>> >>>> yum is the main tool to use, dnf is installed to be tested. >>>> >>>> Lars >>> >>> As a matter of curiosity... >>> >>> Is it OK to remove yum with dnf ? will it cause any problems ? >> >> As far as I know yum cannot be removed. And dnf uses yum configuration >> files in addition to its own, at least when I enabled updates-testing >> for yum, it was made active for dnf as well. > > The repositiory files, including the one defining updates-testing, > aren't part of yum. I guess you are referring to a systems package data base aka. rpmdb (The files under /var/lib/rpm).

> I haven't tried it Neither have I. > but I think it would be possible > to remove yum and its dependants without causing too many problems, > though it would remove PackageKit so you would have to keep your system > up to date manually. Correct, this is what is supposed to happen. You'd have to resort to using plain rpm.

On 01/05/2014 03:00 PM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > On 01/05/2014 02:42 PM, David Shwatrz wrote: >> Is it OK to remove dnf with yum remove dnf ? will it cause any problems ? > > If you upgrade from F19 to F20 dnf will not be installed, so I see no harm in removing it from F20. > > yum is the main tool to use, dnf is installed to be tested. > > Lars As a matter of curiosity... Is it OK to remove yum with dnf ? will it cause any problems ?

On Sun, 5 Jan 2014, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Roberto Ragusa <mail(a)robertoragusa.it&gt; wrote: > >> On 01/05/2014 03:00 PM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: >>> On 01/05/2014 02:42 PM, David Shwatrz wrote: >>>> Is it OK to remove dnf with yum remove dnf ? will it cause any >>>> problems ? >>> >>> If you upgrade from F19 to F20 dnf will not be installed, so I see >>> no harm in removing it from F20. >>> >>> yum is the main tool to use, dnf is installed to be tested. >>> >>> Lars >> >> As a matter of curiosity... >> >> Is it OK to remove yum with dnf ? will it cause any problems ? > > As far as I know yum cannot be removed. And dnf uses yum configuration > files in addition to its own, at least when I enabled updates-testing > for yum, it was made active for dnf as well. The repositiory files, including the one defining updates-testing, aren't part of yum.

I haven't tried it

but I think it would be possible to remove yum and its dependants without causing too many problems, though it would remove PackageKit so you would have to keep your system up to date manually.

Is it OK to remove dnf with yum remove dnf ? will it cause any problems ? regards. David

Is it OK to remove dnf with yum remove dnf ? will it cause any problems ?