On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:06:06 -0400 (EDT), Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Martin Marques wrote: > >> I was updating one FC5 workstation we have, conected with a wireless AP. > I >> was really shocked when I say that bind was about to be updated. >> >> First I thought that it may not be the named server, but some libs > necesary >> for name resolution, so I tried to remove it. >> >> OOOOHHHHHHH!!!!! >> >> evolution, NetworkManager, NetworkManager-glib, etc. will be removed. >> >> Why in earth would any of these packages depende on bind? > > # rpm -q --whatrequires bind > bind-config-9.3.2-20.FC5 > NetworkManager-0.6.4-1.fc5 I don't know what to say. Well, maybe this: [root@tatooine ~]# yum remove bind Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Remove Process Resolving Dependencies [snip] Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Removing: bind i386 30:9.3.2-20.FC5 installed 2.0 M Removing for dependencies: NetworkManager i386 0.6.4-1.fc5 installed 1.2 M NetworkManager-glib i386 0.6.4-1.fc5 installed 19 k bind-config i386 30:9.3.2-20.FC5 installed 44 k evolution i386 2.6.3-1.fc5.5 installed 33 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 5 Package(s) Why does yum want to remove then? -- --------------------------------------------------------- Lic. Martín Marqués | SELECT 'mmarques' || Centro de Telemática | '@' || 'unl.edu.ar'; Universidad Nacional | DBA, Programador, del Litoral | Administrador ---------------------------------------------------------