Document how to skip installing weak dependencies
This is actually possible with `--setopt=install_weak_deps=False`, contrary to
the existing documentation.
Tested on Fedora 33 with `fennel`:
```
~
❯ sudo dnf install fennel
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:01 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
fennel noarch 0.7.0-2.fc33 updates 79 k
Installing weak dependencies:
lua-readline x86_64 2.7-1.fc33 updates 23 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Packages
Total download size: 102 k
Installed size: 444 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install fennel
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:36 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
fennel noarch 0.7.0-2.fc33 updates 79 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 79 k
Installed size: 388 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf install fennel -y
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:18 ago on Fri 18 Dec 2020 04:51:33 PM PST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
fennel noarch 0.7.0-2.fc33 updates 79 k
Installing weak dependencies:
lua-readline x86_64 2.7-1.fc33 updates 23 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Packages
Total download size: 102 k
Installed size: 444 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch.rpm 180 kB/s | 79 kB 00:00
(2/2): lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64.rpm 49 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 118 kB/s | 102 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64 1/2
Installing : fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch 2/2
Running scriptlet: fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch 2/2
Verifying : fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch 1/2
Verifying : lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
fennel-0.7.0-2.fc33.noarch lua-readline-2.7-1.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
~ took 6s
❯ sudo dnf remove lua-readline
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Removing:
lua-readline x86_64 2.7-1.fc33 @updates 56 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================
Remove 1 Package
Freed space: 56 k
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.
```
Signed-off-by: Michel Alexandre Salim <michel@michel-slm.name>
salimma
4 years ago