On 04/27/2012 09:03 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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 It also recommends removing D Yum will remove too much.
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