Bug 811606 - Removing a package collection causes unexpected extra removals
Summary: Removing a package collection causes unexpected extra removals
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-packagekit
Version: 16
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-11 14:18 UTC by Sam Thursfield
Modified: 2013-02-13 14:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 14:43:05 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Sam Thursfield 2012-04-11 14:18:19 UTC
$ sudo yum groupremove "Arabic Support"

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 Package                      Arch   Version          Repository           Size
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Removing:
 dejavu-sans-fonts            noarch 2.33-1.fc16      @koji-override-0/$releasever
                                                                          5.1 M
 dejavu-sans-mono-fonts       noarch 2.33-1.fc16      @koji-override-0/$releasever
                                                                          1.1 M
 libreoffice-langpack-en      x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            0.0  
 paktype-naqsh-fonts          noarch 3.0-5.fc15       @koji-override-0/$releasever
                                                                          202 k
 paktype-tehreer-fonts        noarch 2.0-11.fc15      @koji-override-0/$releasever
                                                                          206 k
Removing for dependencies:
 get_iplayer                  noarch 2.80-4.fc16      @rpmfusion-free     377 k
 libprojectM                  x86_64 2.0.1-12.fc16    @fedora             2.1 M
 libreoffice                  x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            0.0  
 libreoffice-base             x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            6.3 M
 libreoffice-calc             x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates             25 M
 libreoffice-core             x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            225 M
 libreoffice-draw             x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            2.2 M
 libreoffice-emailmerge       x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates             32 k
 libreoffice-graphicfilter    x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            695 k
 libreoffice-impress          x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            3.0 M
 libreoffice-math             x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            3.5 M
 libreoffice-pdfimport        x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            1.5 M
 libreoffice-presenter-screen x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            2.3 M
 libreoffice-pyuno            x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates            746 k
 libreoffice-writer           x86_64 1:3.4.5.2-8.fc16 @updates             19 M
 vlc                          x86_64 1.1.13-3.fc16    @rpmfusion-free-updates


This is confusing for a user who opens up gnome-packagekit to free up some disk space and removes support for languages that they do not use - why is libreoffice gone too?

Either the language support groups should only trigger the removal of the functionality that they say they will, or the gnome-packagekit UI should not allow removing them so easily ..

Comment 1 Sam Thursfield 2012-04-11 14:20:11 UTC
This problem is not limited to language groups - eg. if I try to remove "Dial-up networking support" I lose the whole of NetworkManager

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2012-04-11 15:48:22 UTC
Group removal is a known problematic operation that does not always do what users intend.

Moving to the UI.

Comment 3 Sam Thursfield 2012-04-11 19:00:21 UTC
http://illiterat.livejournal.com/5571.html seems to discuss this issue as well

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