-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Horsley wrote: > I was just trying to remove as many selinux related packages as possible > (a fedora 9 system) to avoid having to download their updates when I have > selinux turned off anyway. > > Several of the rpms I tried to erase want to drag all kinds of ridiculous > stuff with them, and I'm just sort of curious why. > > For example, attempting to erase policycoreutils results in this list: > > Removing: > policycoreutils i386 2.0.52-8.fc9 installed 3.3 M > Removing for dependencies: > BackupPC noarch 3.1.0-3.fc9 installed 2.2 M > a2ps i386 4.14-5.fc9 installed 3.9 M > docbook-utils-pdf noarch 0.6.14-14.fc9 installed 110 > evince-dvi i386 2.22.2-1.fc9 installed 137 k > html2ps noarch 1.0-0.1.b5.fc9 installed 226 k > jadetex noarch 3.13-2.fc9 installed 6.9 M > kpathsea i386 2007-30.fc9 installed 158 k > linuxdoc-tools i386 0.9.21-16.fc9 installed 901 k > mediawiki i386 1.13.2-41.fc9 installed 33 M > moin-latex noarch 0-0.20051126.3.fc6 installed 64 k > passivetex noarch 1.25-8.fc9 installed 333 k > tex-preview noarch 11.85-7.fc9 installed 123 k > texinfo-tex i386 4.11-8.fc9 installed 375 k > texlive i386 2007-30.fc9 installed 4.1 M > texlive-dvips i386 2007-30.fc9 installed 280 k > texlive-latex i386 2007-30.fc9 installed 96 k > texlive-texmf noarch 2007-22.fc9 installed 14 M > texlive-texmf-dvips noarch 2007-22.fc9 installed 2.0 M > texlive-texmf-fonts noarch 2007-22.fc9 installed 107 M > texlive-texmf-latex noarch 2007-22.fc9 installed 26 M > texlive-utils i386 2007-30.fc9 installed 447 k > xmltex noarch 20020625-11.fc9 installed 114 k > xmlto i386 0.0.20-3.fc9 installed 52 k > > How on earth could texlive need a dependency on policycoreutils? All tex does is > read files, process the data, and generate new files. If tools that do that need > selinux, why doesn't everything else on the system depend on it? > All of these are executing restorecon in order to set file context in their post install correctly. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjtEO0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOHZwCcC192HtBm5Q+JYyHB2cymNqfk X1MAoJV8m6UJTLjA7KYGYp8Bqc2zFJpQ =Qd9a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
