Re: determining what depends on a rpm

["Simon Matter" <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On 12/17/18 3:50 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
>>
>> or this one :-)
>> rpm -ev --test PACKAGENAME
>> will list all packages that require PACKAGENAME
>
>
> True.  I considered that, and then decided that I could never recommend
> using "rpm -e" as a test, even with the --test flag, due to the risk of
> operator error.  Though if you put it in an alias, I suppose that the
> risk is minimal and the answer is simpler.  :)

It's not really dangerous even without --test, because if it has
dependencies the remove is not done, you just get an error.

Regards,
Simon

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