On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Aaron Konstam <akons...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 16:50 +0530, Krishna Chandra Prajapati wrote: > > remove or erase > > Are used to remove the specified packages from the system > as well as removing any > > packages which depend on the package being removed. > > > But this relation is not reflexive.Just because program A is dependent > on program B being present, it does not mean that there are not uses for > B other than program A. meld is a good example that is very useful on > its own. Why should yum remove it when A is removed. > Either you misunderstood what Krishna said or I'm misunderstanding what you're saying. Krishna is saying that if A depends on B being present, and you remove B, then A will also be removed (since B is no longer present). If you remove A, B will remain since nothing it depends on is being removed. -- Chris
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