Re: yum remove process question

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Subject: Re: yum remove process question
From: Don Russell <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:48:50 -0800
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jim lawrence wrote:

Why does yum need to read the metadata from repos BEFORE it decides to remove a package? After all, I want to remove a package not install one.

Maybe it's checking dependencies so you don't whip the rug out from under something else....