> When I do 'yum remove perl', I get: > > --> Processing Dependency: perl(vars) for package: automake17 > --> Processing Dependency: perl(Fcntl) for package: perl-libwww-perl > --> Processing Dependency: perl(vars) for package: > perl-XML-LibXML-Common > --> Processing Dependency: perl(Cwd) for package: perl-RPM2 > --> Processing Dependency: perl >= 0:5.000 for package: kdelibs > > And so on and so on seemingly forever. Since perl is so integral to > my box, I'm a little spooked about removing it and then re-installing > it; I certainly do not want to uninstall all of the packages that > depend on perl. > > Advice? > > And, just for my knowledge, are these issues a problem with yum or a > problem with FC3/multilib? FC3 - the perl.i386 was a mistake in the FC3 updates tree. 'yum remove perl.i386' is the fix for this problem. -sv
