Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2112 mails)

[Adam Jimerson <vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does zypper really need to access the configured repositories just to remove 
an application, zypper rm?  The reason I am asking is because my cable modem 
at my house kind of died and without knowing that zypper wouldn't even be able 
to remove a package without accessing the internet I bet you can guess the 
kind of shock I was in when zypper spit out the first error because it wasn't 
able to access a repo.  If zypper does not need to refresh the repos just to 
remove a package can this be done in future versions to help save bandwidth of 
both the users and the servers, also make zypper rm usable without an active 
internet connection, I know that rpm -e works without internet connection, 
then again rpm doesn't even work with the repos as far as I know.

Thanks for the time
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