Markku Kolkka wrote: > 27.4.2012 16:26, Shaun kirjoitti: >> >> But then the reason why I didn't pay as much attention in the first >> place is because I *assumed that only that removed-pacakage and >> dependencies brought in by it at the install-time would be removed via a >> yum remove. > > So the real problem is that you don't understand the directionality of > dependencies. "yum install packagename" installs packagename + anything > that packagename requires. "yum remove packagename" removes packagename > + anything that requires packagename. The set of packages required by > packagename and the set of packages that require packagename are two > entirely different things. > > For example, let's have three packages A, B, and C where B requires A > and C requires B: > A<-B<-C > "yum install C" will install all three packages. "yum remove C" would > remove only C. "yum remove B" would remove B and C. "yum remove A" would > remove all three packages Ok, so deepen my understanding of yum: what about where package A requires B and C, and package D also requires B. If I yum uninstall A, what happens to B? Obviously, if it goes away, then D is broken.... mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos