Just out of curiosity: if package B depends on A, shown by the that removing A removes B, too, how come that after removing both, B can be installed without installing A? Here's what happened: # dnf erase kernel-debug-* Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Removing: kernel-debug-core x86_64 5.10.8-100.fc32 @updates 77 M kernel-debug-core x86_64 5.10.17-100.fc32 @updates 77 M kernel-debug-core x86_64 5.10.18-100.fc32 @updates 77 M kernel-debug-modules x86_64 5.10.8-100.fc32 @updates 31 M kernel-debug-modules x86_64 5.10.17-100.fc32 @updates 31 M kernel-debug-modules x86_64 5.10.18-100.fc32 @updates 31 M kernel-debug-modules-extra x86_64 5.10.8-100.fc32 @updates 2.0 M kernel-debug-modules-extra x86_64 5.10.17-100.fc32 @updates 2.0 M kernel-debug-modules-extra x86_64 5.10.18-100.fc32 @updates 2.0 M Removing dependent packages: NetworkManager-l2tp x86_64 1.8.2-1.fc32 @fedora 579 k Removing unused dependencies: ldns x86_64 1.7.0-29.fc32 @fedora 425 k libreswan x86_64 4.2-1.fc32 @updates 4.3 M nss-tools x86_64 3.60.1-1.fc32 @updates 2.3 M xl2tpd x86_64 1.3.14-2.fc32 @fedora 205 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Remove 14 Packages Freed space: 335 M Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] dnf install NetworkManager-l2tp Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:42 ago on Mon 01 Mar 2021 12:48:36 PM CET. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: NetworkManager-l2tp x86_64 1.8.2-1.fc32 fedora 174 k Installing dependencies: kernel-modules-extra x86_64 5.10.18-100.fc32 updates 2.0 M ldns x86_64 1.7.0-29.fc32 fedora 165 k nss-tools x86_64 3.60.1-1.fc32 updates 529 k xl2tpd x86_64 1.3.14-2.fc32 fedora 95 k Installing weak dependencies: libreswan x86_64 4.2-1.fc32 updates 1.2 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 6 Packages Total download size: 4.1 M Installed size: 9.8 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Andras _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure