On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Andrew Z wrote:

> i'm not sure why there is a difference in the output of "rpm -q
> --whatrequires " and "yum remove"
> [code]
> yum remove libxklavier-4.0-7.el6.x86_64
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> Setting up Remove Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> <skip>
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ==========================================================================================================
> Package              Arch      Version
> Repository                                          Size
> ==========================================================================================================
> Removing:
> libxklavier          x86_64    4.0-7.el6
> @anaconda-ScientificLinux-201103021619.x86_64/6    139 k
> Removing for dependencies:
> gnome-screensaver    x86_64    2.28.3-8.el6

Try rpm -q --requires libxklavier-4.0-7
"Removing for dependencies" in the yum output
appears (to me) to mean
    these packages were installed because libxklavier-4.0-7
    required them. nothing else requires them,
    so I'll remove them too.

... but I'm only guessing.

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