Am 02.06.2013 16:11, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone
<ibmalone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 June 2013 11:20, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
>>> You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
>
> (Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a
> separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I
> don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual
> problem is.)
As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange
is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be
some other flag to make that happen).
when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my
view both should be reinstalled
why and *which* dependencies?
* the direct one
* the implicit
* both
* the whole OS
* cross dependencies
there are very few good reasons for reinstall a RPM
hence if you cluttered your whole installation "yum reinstall \*"
in this topic reinstall makes zero sense at all
RPM packages never touch files inside your userhome like settings