Jack Gates wrote:
yum provides, is this when you want to find out what packages the requested package depends on to operate properly?
Finds out what package provides the specified feature or file. What you describe above is deplist.
yum deplist, is this when you want to find out what packages need the requested package to operate properly?
Dun think yum provides the described feature. In rpm, this is --whatrequires.
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