>>>>> "LRP" == Lamont R Peterson <lamont@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: LRP> All, Here are a couple of suggestions of how add LRP> auto-no-longer-used-dependency removal to yum. LRP> 1. Enhance RPM to track a new flag from each package to indicate LRP> whether or not it was installed auto-selected-for-dependency. LRP> Then, "yum remove foo" could automatically select to remove all LRP> packages that "foo" depends on that are no longer depended on by LRP> any other installed packages. How about simply adding a flag to rpm packages, saying that they are useless for anything except as dependencies? Most libraries would fit that. It would be yet another thing for package maintainers to get right, of course. /Benny -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
