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|    Vincent Coen to Charles Pierson    |
|    Silly Question    |
|    25 Jan 21 16:29:54    |
      REPLY: 1:106/127 2b15022d       MSGID: 2:250/1@fidonet 600ef276       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0000       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.21 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       Hello Charles!              Monday January 25 2021 07:28, you wrote to me:               VC>> So removing them can break links with other packages it does not        VC>> know about one way or another.        VC>>        VC>> Suggest you never remove such unused packages in future unless        VC>> you really know it is clear. Depending on your package manager        VC>> and yes there is more than one there are some tools that can be        VC>> used to verify that nothing installed via the manager is being        VC>> used UNLESS you have manually installed some products which they        VC>> do not know about.                      > Neither od Rick's suggestions fixed the message, so I'm leaving it        > alone. It's more of an annoyance than a problem, and nothing I am        > running have any issues I have seen.                     I had to find this out the hard way a few year back and yes still applies to       the current versions of Linux tools, I am guessing that it is not easy to fix       at least using rpm managers.              Vincent              --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.21/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 101 19/36 20/4609 25/0 21 90/1 105/81       SEEN-BY: 106/201 116/18 120/331 340 123/130 131 140 128/2 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2 226/30 227/114 702 229/424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 550 616 664 1016 1017 230/150 152 240/5411 5832 5853       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 250/0 1 2 3 4 5 8 32 261/38 100 263/0 266/512       SEEN-BY: 267/155 275/100 280/464 282/1031 1056 291/100 317/3 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 322/0 757 340/400 341/66 342/200 640/1321 712/848       SEEN-BY: 801/161 189 2320/105 5020/715 1042       PATH: 250/1 261/38 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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