Once upon a time, pgnd <pgnd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > and, what am I missing in my queries that fails to show why/where it's dependency-tied to ~ 3.2G of pkg? You did not look at the package provides. On an F39 system: $ rpm -q --provides pcre.x86_64 deprecated() libpcre.so.1()(64bit) libpcreposix.so.0()(64bit) pcre = 8.45-1.fc39.4 pcre(x86-64) = 8.45-1.fc39.4 $ rpm -q --whatrequires 'libpcre.so.1()(64bit)' pcre-8.45-1.fc39.4.x86_64 sord-0.16.14-2.fc39.x86_64 sord provides a library required by lilv-libs, which provides a library required by ffmpeg-libs and gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, which then takes out an escalating stack of things. -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue