[root@centos-yum-repo ~]# yum whatprovides indexhtml Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.liquidweb.com * updates: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com * addons: chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net * extras: pubmirrors.reflected.net Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished centos-release-notes.i386 : CentOS release notes files centos-release-notes.i386 : CentOS release notes files
OK, groovy, now I want to remove centos-release-notes for my slimmed down version being utilized as an appliance, I am rebranding my OS, don’t need the CentOS stuff. So I do:
[root@centos-yum-repo ~]# yum erase centos-release-notes
And this leads to:
Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package centos-release-notes.i386 0:5.2-2 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: centos-release-notes for package: centos-release --> Running transaction check ---> Package centos-release.i386 10:5-2.el5.centos set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: /etc/redhat-release for package: initscripts --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check ---> Package initscripts.i386 0:8.45.19.1.EL-1.el5.centos set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: initscripts for package: xorg-x11-xfs --> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 5.86-1 for package: kbd --> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 6.38 for package: quota --> Processing Dependency: initscripts >= 5.92 for package: isdn4k-utils
Oh, it goes on, and you see some of this:
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Removing: centos-release-notes i386 5.2-2 installed 49 k Removing for dependencies: Deployment_Guide-en-US noarch 5.2-11.el5.centos installed 6.8 M GConf2 i386 2.14.0-9.el5 installed 4.6 M MAKEDEV i386 3.23-1.2 installed 642 k NetworkManager i386 1:0.6.4-8.el5 installed 1.2 M NetworkManager-glib i386 1:0.6.4-8.el5 installed 18 k PyXML i386 0.8.4-4 installed 5.2 M
And at the end you see this:
Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 367 Package(s) Is this ok [y/N]:
What? If I want to remove the release notes, I have to remove the entire freakin’ system? You pretty much do, so what do we do to get around this? Create a fake package, or use one of our other custom packages, and have it provide indexhtml. Time to go find the strongest drink I can possibly locate. Gasoline should do!
