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cdown

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From: London, England

Registered: 2013-02-09

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Removing b43-fwcutter attempts to remove linux

I just installed b43-firmware from AUR (using meat), which brings in b43-fwcutter from the main repos. It didn't suit me, so I tried to remove it. I was then presented with this:

chris@gopher:~$ pacman -Qi b43-firmware
Name           : b43-firmware
Version        : 5.100.138-2
Description    : Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips
Architecture   : any
URL            : http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Licences       : GPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : linux>=3.2
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 714.00 KiB
Packager       : Unknown Packager
Build Date     : Mon 15 Jul 2013 13:43:37 CEST
Install Date   : Mon 15 Jul 2013 13:43:40 CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : None

chris@gopher:~$ sudo pacman -Rns b43-firmware
checking dependencies...

Packages (2): linux-3.9.9-1  b43-firmware-5.100.138-2

Total Removed Size:   64.67 MiB

:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] n

I don't see why pacman should attempt to remove the linux package in this case. Am I missing something?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Removing b43-fwcutter attempts to remove linux

The output of 'pacman -Qi linux' will tell you that no other package depends on linux, so yeah, you can remove it - pacman doesn't see why not :-)

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: Removing b43-fwcutter attempts to remove linux

Modify paman's db if you want the linux package to be 'explicitly installed'.

man pacman

Will tell you how to do that.

Last edited by WorMzy (2013-07-15 12:16:30)

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cdown

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From: London, England

Registered: 2013-02-09

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Re: Removing b43-fwcutter attempts to remove linux

Oh, I see why now. Wow, that's a bit unnerving.

Okay, thanks.