[ltp] Installing linux, fear of lm_sensors

[Vivek]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, M. Leo Cooper wrote:

> Saturday, January 4, 2003, 10:53:13 AM, Jim wrote:
>
> > I tried to uninstall the lm-sensors rpm per a previous post's
> > suggestion and it failed due to a KDE dependancy.
>
> You don't actually need to uninstall the rpm. Just delete the files in
> /lib/modules/2.4.X/kernel/drivers/sensors. Then, KDE will think lm-sensors is
> still installed, but lm-sensors can't run because the kernel modules are
> missing.

And next time you update your system, the binaries will appear again,
and then one day when you least expect it: >bang<. It's better to remove
the package. Lying to your package management system can only end in
tears, best not to do it... :)