On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Petr Spacek <pspa...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 1.12.2015 08:20, Dan Book wrote: > > I have run into this before and it was very confusing, it really should > be > > a separate command from remove for when you actually want to remove what > > dnf thinks is now "unused". > > Maybe it would help if these auto-removed packages are clearly marked as > such > in summary printed by DNF. > > Currently the output looks like this: > $ dnf remove ekiga > Dependencies resolved. > ============================================================= > Removing: > ekiga x86_64 4.0.1-17.fc22 @fedora 19 M > evolution-data-server x86_64 3.16.5-1.fc22 @updates 14 M > geocode-glib x86_64 3.16.2-1.fc22 @fedora 160 k > gnome-online-accounts x86_64 3.16.4.1-1.fc22 @updates 4.0 M > libgdata x86_64 0.17.3-1.fc22 @updates 1.7 M > ... and so on > > It would be easier to understand if it printed: > > $ dnf remove ekiga > Dependencies resolved. > ============================================================= > Removing: > ekiga x86_64 4.0.1-17.fc22 @fedora 19 M > Removing unused dependencies: > evolution-data-server x86_64 3.16.5-1.fc22 @updates 14 M > geocode-glib x86_64 3.16.2-1.fc22 @fedora 160 k > gnome-online-accounts x86_64 3.16.4.1-1.fc22 @updates 4.0 M > libgdata x86_64 0.17.3-1.fc22 @updates 1.7 M > > ... and so on > > Petr^2 Spacek > This would be a great improvement indeed. -Dan > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Panu Matilainen < > pmati...@laiskiainen.org> > > wrote: > > > >> On 12/01/2015 07:02 AM, Christopher wrote: > >> > >>> What's the deal with libreoffice packages being a dependency for so > many > >>> system library packages? > >>> > >>> I try to `sudo dnf remove libreoffice\*` and it grabs a bunch of > >>> surprising > >>> packages with it, including some fonts and system libraries. Granted, I > >>> don't think I need any of these things, so it's probably safe to > uninstall > >>> them, but it is surprising that so many packages depend on libreoffice > >>> packages. I'd normally expect the dependencies to be the other way > around > >>> (libreoffice-* depending on system libraries some basic fonts, while > other > >>> fonts are independent or have only optional dependencies on > LibreOffice). > >>> > >>> I don't need or want an offline office suite (it's huge, and takes up > >>> bandwidth during updates). I don't mind uninstalling it after a fresh > >>> install, but it is surprising how much goes with it. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cli_vs_yum.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-on-by-default > >> > >> > http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/conf_ref.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-label > >> > >> Its not that system libraries depend on libreoffice but libreoffice > being > >> the sole user of those libraries, and dnf offering to remove the > otherwise > >> unused cruft along with it. > >> > >> - Panu - > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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