Re: yum erase unused dependencies

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On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:40:47 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:

> > Pure leaf package removal bears the risk that you remove something that no
> > other package depends on but _you_ need it.
> 
> which can be easily optimized by a small meta-package

Of course. That's common practice in some places. It also serves as a guard
against not well-tested Obsoletes (or a packager introducing or reverting
subpackages).

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