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On Sep 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Alessandro Paolini wrote: > Il 06/09/2011 14:23, Gianfranco Sciacca ha scritto: >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Steve Traylen wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Gianfranco Sciacca<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> This seems to be going to do what I need, however as part of the transaction it wants to: >>>> >>>> Removing for dependencies: >>>> glite-SE_dpm_mysql x86_64 1:1.8.0-1.sl5 installed 1.3 k >>>> >>>> I would guess this is not going break the DPM and can be safely re-installed right after? (it won't do it as part of the same transaction, as it is already installed) >>> I can't really comment, I don't know enough details about these packages. >> Anyone with better DPM knowledge than mine could please comment? >> >> thanks >> Gianfranco > Hi Gianfranco, > it is only the metapackage rpm, so removing it should be harmless: the configuration fuiles won't be touched (try to to see which files contain that rpm) > A similar situation (the metapackage removal) occurred to me with other grid elelements, and uninstalling and reinstalling it didn't create any problem It turns out that I was trying to remove and re-install an additional RPM belonging to a different repo (glite-SE_dpm_mysql_ext). After enabling glite-SE_dpm_mysql_ext as well, the transaction went ahead without trying to remove anything else. I didn't try yaim yet as it's late in the day, but I don't expect problems at this stage. Thanks all for the help. cheers Gianfranco