On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:57:46 -0700, JD wrote: > >>>> # rpm -e libmapi libzeitgeist > >>>> error: Failed dependencies: > >>>> libinetmapi.so.1 is needed by (installed) php-mapi-7.0.7-1.fc16.i686 > >>>> libmapi.so.0 is needed by (installed) php-mapi-7.0.7-1.fc16.i686 > >>>> libmapi.so.0 is needed by (installed) pam_mapi-0.1.1-1.fc16.i686 > >>>> libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 is needed by (installed) > >>>> zeitgeist-datahub-0.7.0-2.fc16.i686 > >>>> libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 is needed by (installed) > >>>> gedit-zeitgeist-2:3.2.6-1.fc16.i686 > >>> Pay extra attention to what is display in the "Failed dependencies" > >>> section. These packages don't depend on "package names" but on library > >>> names. > >>> > >> Please re-read the dependencies. > >> Not all are just lib names. > > *All* in above quote are versioned library SONAMEs. > > These are automatic RPM dependencies Fedora packagers prefer over > > explicit dependencies on package names. > > > It is nevertheless a dependency, which should be > detectable by --whatrequires, but unfortunately, > it is not. Well, RPM expects you to specify exact capabilities. That has been like that always. You can query --whatrequires for the library names, too. Repoquery also had started with such exact queries, and only later --alldeps has become the default. A default --alldeps option can lead to confusion, however. It's common practice to simulate an --aldeps RPM query with rpm --test --erase PACKAGENAME as that will find any dependencies on that package. In the days of depsolvers, one doesn't run raw RPM queries too often anymore, IMO, unless one is interested in specific package capabilities (where the query is convenient enough), because one can simply run "yum remove libmapi libzeitgeist" and find out how many additional packages that command would want to erase due to dependencies. -- Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 loadavg: 0.25 0.64 0.39 -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
