Once upon a time, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> said: > where would it be useful to uninstall base-package and YUM/DNF itself > bringing your system in a non-recoverable state?
I already offered a couple of examples that you ignored (just a couple that came to mind, certainly not an exhaustive list): when you have a system that doesn't load a kernel from the filesystem, such as a VM environment where the boot process is external. Another is if you need to re-install the kernel RPM because files have been removed, overwritten, etc.; "yum reinstall" is documented (unlike this magic "feature") to not handle multi-install packages like the kernel. The only way is going to be to "yum erase" and "yum install". Also, even removing every kernel RPM will not render your system "non-recoverable". You can always use a boot CD, and in modern Fedora systems, the "rescue" kernel/initramfs are never removed (not owned by any RPM), so you should always be able to boot that. -- Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
