On 1.12.2015 08:20, Dan Book wrote: > I have run into this before and it was very confusing, it really should be > a separate command from remove for when you actually want to remove what > dnf thinks is now "unused". Maybe it would help if these auto-removed packages are clearly marked as such in summary printed by DNF. Currently the output looks like this: $ dnf remove ekiga Dependencies resolved. ============================================================= Removing: ekiga x86_64 4.0.1-17.fc22 @fedora 19 M evolution-data-server x86_64 3.16.5-1.fc22 @updates 14 M geocode-glib x86_64 3.16.2-1.fc22 @fedora 160 k gnome-online-accounts x86_64 3.16.4.1-1.fc22 @updates 4.0 M libgdata x86_64 0.17.3-1.fc22 @updates 1.7 M ... and so on It would be easier to understand if it printed: $ dnf remove ekiga Dependencies resolved. ============================================================= Removing: ekiga x86_64 4.0.1-17.fc22 @fedora 19 M Removing unused dependencies: evolution-data-server x86_64 3.16.5-1.fc22 @updates 14 M geocode-glib x86_64 3.16.2-1.fc22 @fedora 160 k gnome-online-accounts x86_64 3.16.4.1-1.fc22 @updates 4.0 M libgdata x86_64 0.17.3-1.fc22 @updates 1.7 M ... and so on Petr^2 Spacek > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> On 12/01/2015 07:02 AM, Christopher wrote: >> >>> What's the deal with libreoffice packages being a dependency for so many >>> system library packages? >>> >>> I try to `sudo dnf remove libreoffice\*` and it grabs a bunch of >>> surprising >>> packages with it, including some fonts and system libraries. Granted, I >>> don't think I need any of these things, so it's probably safe to uninstall >>> them, but it is surprising that so many packages depend on libreoffice >>> packages. I'd normally expect the dependencies to be the other way around >>> (libreoffice-* depending on system libraries some basic fonts, while other >>> fonts are independent or have only optional dependencies on LibreOffice). >>> >>> I don't need or want an offline office suite (it's huge, and takes up >>> bandwidth during updates). I don't mind uninstalling it after a fresh >>> install, but it is surprising how much goes with it. >>> >> >> >> http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cli_vs_yum.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-on-by-default >> >> http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/conf_ref.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-label >> >> Its not that system libraries depend on libreoffice but libreoffice being >> the sole user of those libraries, and dnf offering to remove the otherwise >> unused cruft along with it. >> >> - Panu - -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
