openstack/ansible-hardening
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ansible-hardening/doc/metadata/rhel7/V-71987.rst
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Handle RHEL 7 STIG renumbering 
This patch gets the docs adjusted to work with the new RHEL 7 STIG
version 1 release. The new STIG release has changed all of the
numbering, but it maintains a link to (most) of the old STIG IDs in
the XML.

Closes-bug: 1676865
Change-Id: I65023fe63163c9804a3aec9dcdbf23c69bedb604
2017-04-04 07:22:12 -05:00

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---id: V-71987 status: opt-in tag: packages ---

Although the STIG requires that dependent packages are removed automatically when a package is removed, this can cause problems with certain packages, especially kernels. Deployers must opt in to meet the requirements of this STIG control.

Deployers should set the following variable to enable automatic dependent package removal:

security_package_clean_on_remove: yes