.. versionchanged:: 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0
        On minions running systemd>=205, `systemd-run(1)`_ is now used to
        isolate commands which modify installed packages from the
        ``salt-minion`` daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd
        from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the
        ``salt-minion`` service is restarted. (see ``KillMode`` in the
        `systemd.kill(5)`_ manpage for more information). If desired, usage of
        `systemd-run(1)`_ can be suppressed by setting a :mod:`config option
        <salt.modules.config.get>` called ``systemd.scope``, with a value of
        ``False`` (no quotes).

    .. _`systemd-run(1)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run.html
    .. _`systemd.kill(5)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.kill.html

    Remove packages

    name
        The name of the package to be removed


    Multiple Package Options:

    pkgs
        A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The
        ``name`` parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0


    Returns a dict containing the changes.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.remove <package name>
        salt '*' pkg.remove <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
        salt '*' pkg.remove pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'

def remove(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=W0613
    '''
    .. versionchanged:: 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0
        On minions running systemd>=205, `systemd-run(1)`_ is now used to
        isolate commands which modify installed packages from the
        ``salt-minion`` daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd
        from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the
        ``salt-minion`` service is restarted. (see ``KillMode`` in the
        `systemd.kill(5)`_ manpage for more information). If desired, usage of
        `systemd-run(1)`_ can be suppressed by setting a :mod:`config option
        <salt.modules.config.get>` called ``systemd.scope``, with a value of
        ``False`` (no quotes).

    .. _`systemd-run(1)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run.html
    .. _`systemd.kill(5)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.kill.html

    Remove packages

    name
        The name of the package to be removed


    Multiple Package Options:

    pkgs
        A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The
        ``name`` parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0


    Returns a dict containing the changes.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.remove <package name>
        salt '*' pkg.remove <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
        salt '*' pkg.remove pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
    '''
    try:
        pkg_params = __salt__['pkg_resource.parse_targets'](name, pkgs)[0]
    except MinionError as exc:
        raise CommandExecutionError(exc)

    old = list_pkgs()
    targets = []
    for target in pkg_params:
        # Check if package version set to be removed is actually installed:
        # old[target] contains a comma-separated list of installed versions
        if target in old and not pkg_params[target]:
            targets.append(target)
        elif target in old and pkg_params[target] in old[target].split(','):
            arch = ''
            pkgname = target
            try:
                namepart, archpart = target.rsplit('.', 1)
            except ValueError:
                pass
            else:
                if archpart in salt.utils.pkg.rpm.ARCHES:
                    arch = '.' + archpart
                    pkgname = namepart
            targets.append('{0}-{1}{2}'.format(pkgname, pkg_params[target], arch))
    if not targets:
        return {}

    out = _call_yum(['-y', 'remove'] + targets)
    if out['retcode'] != 0 and out['stderr']:
        errors = [out['stderr']]
    else:
        errors = []

    __context__.pop('pkg.list_pkgs', None)
    new = list_pkgs()
    ret = salt.utils.data.compare_dicts(old, new)

    if errors:
        raise CommandExecutionError(
            'Error occurred removing package(s)',
            info={'errors': errors, 'changes': ret}
        )

    return ret