On Wednesday 2013-08-28 09:00, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> writes:
Aren’t there special obsolete lists in the yast2-type metadata (basically a diff between 12.2 and 12.3 package lists, for example), which hint zypper to see whether {an old library can be removed without generating a dependency problem}?
There is never a need to obsolete a pure library package. Once no other package requires it any more it can safely be removed. This is even true for library packages that still exist.
I did not mean to imply that an Obsolete: was in play. Rather, if you upgraded your system using methods other than `zypper dup` (for example, by only doing `zypper up`, and for downgrades/arch changes `zypper in`), then, what I seem to remember is that a subsequent `zypper dup` will suggest library packages for removal - but not all of the unused ones. I’ll just have to watch the next upgrade. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org