Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 84754
deselect and select changes packages installed
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:05 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030206 Description of problem: deselect and select changes packages installed Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: example 1.run redhat-config-packages from menu 2.deselect "Mail Server" by clicking on check mark 3.reselect "Mail Server" by clicking on check mark 4.packages change from [1/7] to [3/7] Actual Results: deselect and select changes packages installed Expected Results: deselect and select should not change packages installed Additional info: same behavior on other components groups ... redhat-config-packages should only select packages presently installed when selecting a component group
This is the expected behavior even if not the most intuitive in the world. Deselecting it marks everything for removal and selecting it again just returns it to the "defaults" state instead of the "what you had installed" state. May revisit for a future release
Quick fix option: Add text in main window that clarifies that the check box action "adds default or removes installed component packages". Better fix option: Change the check box to a button and label it "defaults" and change the action to only select the default component packages. Full fix option: Fix as above and add a second button labeled "remove" and have it unselect all component packages. Added functionality fix option: Fix as above and add a third button labeled "installed" and have it select all the presently installed component packages.