I ran rpm -q --whatrequires libmythavformat52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythtv-themes-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythtv-docs-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythdb-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavcodec52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythes-1.2.1-2.fc14.i686 libmythupnp-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythlivemedia-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 gmyth-0.7.1-11.fc12.1.i686 libmythavutil50-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythswscale0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythhdhomerun-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythpostproc51-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 totem-mythtv-2.32.0-1.fc14.i686 mythes-en-3.0-7.fc14.noarch mythweb-0.24.1-265.noarch libmythfreemheg-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavdevice52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavcore0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavfilter1-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 rpm said no package requires libmythavformat52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires mythtv-themes-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires mythtv-docs-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythdb-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythavcodec52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires mythes-1.2.1-2.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythupnp-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythlivemedia-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires gmyth-0.7.1-11.fc12.1.i686 no package requires libmythavutil50-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythswscale0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythhdhomerun-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythpostproc51-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires totem-mythtv-2.32.0-1.fc14.i686 no package requires mythes-en-3.0-7.fc14.noarch no package requires mythweb-0.24.1-265.noarch no package requires libmythfreemheg-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythavdevice52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythavcore0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 no package requires libmythavfilter1-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 A fact I know is that yum remove will remove the package and packages that depend on it. So, since no package required this package list, I ran yum remove libmythavformat52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythtv-themes-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythtv-docs-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythdb-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavcodec52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 mythes-1.2.1-2.fc14.i686 libmythupnp-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythlivemedia-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 gmyth-0.7.1-11.fc12.1.i686 libmythavutil50-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythswscale0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythhdhomerun-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythpostproc51-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 totem-mythtv-2.32.0-1.fc14.i686 mythes-en-3.0-7.fc14.noarch mythweb-0.24.1-265.noarch libmythfreemheg-0.24_0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavdevice52-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavcore0-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 libmythavfilter1-0.24.1-277.fc14.i686 Well, lo and behold, yum decided that other packages not in the list would also be removed: =================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =================================================================================================== Removing: gmyth i686 0.7.1-11.fc12.1 @fedora 202 k libmythavcodec52 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 5.0 M libmythavcore0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 8.2 k libmythavdevice52 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 31 k libmythavfilter1 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 63 k libmythavformat52 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 898 k libmythavutil50 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 75 k libmythdb-0.24_0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 1.2 M libmythfreemheg-0.24_0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 556 k libmythhdhomerun-0.24_0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 60 k libmythlivemedia-0.24_0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 710 k libmythpostproc51 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 159 k libmythswscale0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 355 k libmythupnp-0.24_0 i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 676 k mythes i686 1.2.1-2.fc14 @updates 12 k mythes-en noarch 3.0-7.fc14 @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201010211814.i386 21 M mythtv-docs i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 1.9 M mythtv-themes i686 0.24.1-277.fc14 @atrpms 15 M mythweb noarch 0.24.1-265 @atrpms 4.0 M openoffice.org-langpack-en i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 0.0 totem-mythtv i686 1:2.32.0-1.fc14 @fedora 15 k Removing for dependencies: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras i686 0.10.20-3.fc14.1 @updates 183 k openoffice.org-brand i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 889 k openoffice.org-calc i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 26 k openoffice.org-calc-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 21 M openoffice.org-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 218 M openoffice.org-draw i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 23 k openoffice.org-draw-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 2.0 M openoffice.org-graphicfilter i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 619 k openoffice.org-impress i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 27 k openoffice.org-impress-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 2.8 M openoffice.org-math i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 16 k openoffice.org-math-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 3.1 M openoffice.org-pdfimport i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 3.7 M openoffice.org-presenter-screen i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 4.6 M openoffice.org-voikko i686 3.1.2-1.fc14 @anaconda-InstallationRepo-201010211814.i386 189 k openoffice.org-writer i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 29 k openoffice.org-writer-core i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 15 M openoffice.org-xsltfilter i686 1:3.3.0-20.7.fc14 @updates 1.9 M Transaction Summary =================================================================================================== Remove 39 Package(s) Installed size: 325 M Is this ok [y/N]: Of course I answered no and terminated the process. So, why does yum do this? -- 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