Re: stange dependencies

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On 7/9/19 2:14 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 7/8/19 3:28 AM, François Patte wrote:
>> So, I did "dnf history" and get the id, I did "dnf history 144" and get:
>>
>> 144 | remove ssmtp | 2019-07-08 00:00 |  Removed | 113 EE
>>
>> As I told in my first mail: more the 100 packages were removed. If you
>> want the list I can provide it.
>
> The list might be useful.  Unfortunately, it doesn't show the reasons for the removals. 
> Did you not see that it was going to remove all those packages before you told dnf to go
> ahead?
>
> I don't have ssmtp installed and I have google-chrome-stable installed, so it definitely
> isn't a direct dependency.  But I think I know why.  Do you have sendmail or postfix
> installed?  All those packages probably require a mail sending program and you removed
> the one that is installed by default.  If I try to remove postfix, then dnf says it will
> remove chrome as well.

FWIW, not my experience.

[root@f29bk ~]# rpm -q google-chrome-stable ssmtp postfix
google-chrome-stable-75.0.3770.100-1.x86_64
ssmtp-2.64-22.fc30.x86_64
postfix-3.4.4-3.fc30.x86_64


[root@f29bk ~]# dnf erase postfix
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================
 Package          Architecture    Version                  Repository         Size
===================================================================================
Removing:
 postfix          x86_64          2:3.4.4-3.fc30           @updates          5.5 M

Transaction Summary
===================================================================================
Remove  1 Package

Freed space: 5.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n
Operation aborted.


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