sean darcy wrote: > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 21:01 -0500, sean darcy wrote: >>> rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.1.1-1.fc8 >>> error: Failed dependencies: >>> xorg-x11-drv-voodoo is needed by (installed) >>> xorg-x11-drivers-7.2-9.fc8.i386 >> xorg-x11-drivers has been a metapackage with nothing dependent on it for >> a very, very long time. Feel free to erase it. >> >> > > rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-voodoo > error: Failed dependencies: > xorg-x11-drv-voodoo is needed by (installed) > xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-2.fc9.i386 > > which means that if I did erase it with -nodeps, yum would just drag it > back in with any update. > > Perhaps the answer is the xorg-x11-drivers should not depend on the > individual drivers, but only have the individual drivers depend on > xor-x11-drivers. why would the individual drivers depend on the xorg-x11-drivers metapackage, which provides no functionality other than to create dependencies in the other direction? You can rpm -e xorg-x11-drivers, then you can easily remove any other specific xorg drivers you don't need. $ rpm -q --whatrequires xorg-x11-drivers no package requires xorg-x11-drivers What was the point of the metapackage, originally? To install ALL drivers at install time and let firstboot sort it out? -Eric -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
