On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:43:10 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I thought I had a working understanding of yum and rpm, until I came > across this: > > # rpm -q --whatrequires libvdpau > no package requires libvdpau > # yum --assumeno erase libvdpau > [snip] > Transaction Summary > ============================================================================================================== > Remove 1 Package (+147 Dependent packages) > ... > > Why does yum want to remove 147 additional packages if none of them > require libvdpau? (Note that I'm not asking about libvdpau specifically, > it's just an example). They don't require the package name "libvdpau", but contents of the package. Run "rpm -e --test libvdpau" to display those dependencies. The package may be renamed (or the contents moved to a different package) without breaking the dependencies. The repoquery tool can distinguish between --exactdeps and --alldeps queries: $ repoquery --exactdeps --whatrequires libvdpau $ is similar to your "rpm -q --whatrequires libvdpau" query except that it looks at repositories, too. The default is the --alldeps option, which also takes into account what is provided by the package: $ repoquery --whatrequires libvdpau directfb-0:1.6.2-3.fc19.i686 directfb-0:1.6.2-3.fc19.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-19.fc20.i686 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-19.fc20.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0:0.10.23-19.fc20.i686 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0:0.10.23-19.fc20.x86_64 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.1.3-1.fc20.i686 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.1.3-1.fc20.x86_64 libva-vdpau-driver-0:0.7.4-6.fc20.i686 libva-vdpau-driver-0:0.7.4-6.fc20.x86_64 libvdpau-devel-0:0.7-1.fc20.i686 libvdpau-devel-0:0.7-1.fc20.x86_64 mesa-vdpau-drivers-0:9.2-0.15.20130723.fc20.x86_64 vdpauinfo-0:0.0.6-7.fc20.x86_64 -- Fedora release 20 (Null) - Linux 3.11.0-0.rc6.git1.2.fc20.x86_64 loadavg: 0.01 0.03 0.05 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
