I was going to rip NetworkManager out of my machine just now, and yum went in and found some really nifty dependencies that made me sit up and take notice. I can't believe that pidgin and evolution really use NM libs. Is this for real? [sean@home-desk ~]$ sudo yum -y remove 'NetworkManager*' Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Remove Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package NetworkManager-glib.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager-gnome.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager-openvpn.x86_64 0:0.3.2-7.fc6 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager-glib.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0 for package: evolution --> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package: libpurple --> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package: pidgin --> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package: evolution --> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package: krb5-auth-dialog --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check ---> Package NetworkManager-glib.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package evolution.x86_64 0:2.10.2-3.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package evolution.i386 0:2.10.2-3.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package pidgin.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package NetworkManager-glib.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package krb5-auth-dialog.x86_64 0:0.7-2 set to be erased ---> Package libpurple.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: libpurple.so.0()(64bit) for package: nautilus-sendto --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check ---> Package nautilus-sendto.x86_64 0:0.10-4.fc7 set to be erased ---> Package libpurple.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Removing: NetworkManager i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 installed 1.8 M NetworkManager x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 installed 1.8 M NetworkManager-glib x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 installed 24 k NetworkManager-glib i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 installed 18 k NetworkManager-gnome x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 installed 430 k NetworkManager-openvpn x86_64 0.3.2-7.fc6 installed 208 k Removing for dependencies: evolution x86_64 2.10.2-3.fc7 installed 59 M evolution i386 2.10.2-3.fc7 installed 59 M krb5-auth-dialog x86_64 0.7-2 installed 56 k libpurple x86_64 2.0.2-3.fc7 installed 17 M nautilus-sendto x86_64 0.10-4.fc7 installed 237 k pidgin x86_64 2.0.2-3.fc7 installed 16 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 12 Package(s) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list