On 2017-07-30 01:31, Dave Howorth wrote:
The latest updates to the system want to install two Noto emoji fonts. That annoys me because I can't see ever wanting any emoji font, let alone a google one, let alone two of the bl**d things.
If I tell the browser to display "https://web.whatsapp.com/" (it displays a locally generated page coming from my android phone), it is very probable that it will display a lot of emojis. So, yes, it surely is recommended to install that "pseudofont". What is missing is that YaST doesn't tell you that which are recommended and which required. Also missing is an old feature that was removed, by which you could remove a package and YaST would remember that and never reinstall it automatically again. But you surely can disable "recommends", this has been known for ages. And you can also taboo a package, which is what I do.
The online help says to refer to the manual for details but doesn't provide a link. https://en.opensuse.org/System_Updates says to refer to YaST Online Update = http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-reference/cha.on... but when I click on that link it takes me to https://doc.opensuse.org/ and when I select the HTML version of the Reference Guide it seems there is no such chapter - the word Update apears only once in the contents - 'Dynamic Update of Zone Data' and none of the occurences of the word YaST appear relevant.
Please report bug (documentation). The wiki page can be updated, but we need to know where to point now in the documentation. The file to search is "https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/single-html/book.opens...", ie, the single html doc. The chapter you are searching for did exist. I went to search on the books for older releases (Documentation for Previous openSUSE Leap Releases, https://doc.opensuse.org/opensuse.html), but all links I tried are broken here. Another doc bug. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)