On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 21:14 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Aaron Konstam > <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 16:50 +0530, Krishna Chandra Prajapati > wrote: > > remove or erase > > Are used to remove the specified packages > from the system as well as removing any > > packages which depend on the package being > removed. > > > > But this relation is not reflexive.Just because program A is > dependent > on program B being present, it does not mean that there are > not uses for > B other than program A. meld is a good example that is very > useful on > its own. Why should yum remove it when A is removed. > > Either you misunderstood what Krishna said or I'm misunderstanding > what you're saying. Krishna is saying that if A depends on B being > present, and you remove B, then A will also be removed (since B is no > longer present). If you remove A, B will remain since nothing it > depends on is being removed. > > -- > > Chris > > > I think we are all saying the same thing. -- ======================================================================= QOTD: "I'll listen to reason when it comes out on CD." ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
