On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:17 +0000 (UTC), Beartooth wrote: > > I have no PDA, nor expect ever to, much less hardware to connect > it to a PC. > > When I was working, and literally running my life on rails, its > ancestors, then called organizers, were fine things; I had a whole series > of them. > > Those who want or need them are welcome to them; strength to > their arms. Theirs, not mine. To an old retired fart without a schedule, > a PDA or even a fancy phone is a dispensable expense, and thus cruft at > best, if not a security liability. So I tried to cut. > > [root@Hbsk2 ~]# yum remove bluez-* > [....] > Dependencies Resolved > > ================================================================================ > Package Arch Version Repository > Size > ================================================================================ > Removing: > bluez-libs i386 3.36-1.fc9 installed > 126 k > bluez-utils-cups i386 3.36-1.fc9 > installed 40 k > Removing for dependencies: > gnome-user-share i386 0.31-1.fc9 installed > 219 k > gvfs i386 0.2.5-1.fc9 installed > 3.5 M > gvfs-fuse i386 0.2.5-1.fc9 > installed 25 k > libwiimote i386 0.4-6.fc9 > installed 46 k > nautilus i386 2.22.5.1-1.fc9 > installed 15 M > obex-data-server i386 1:0.3.4-1.fc9 installed > 145 k > xorg-x11-drivers i386 7.3-4.fc9 > installed 0.0 > xorg-x11-drv-wiimote i386 0.0.1-1.fc9 > installed 12 k > > Transaction Summary > ================================================================================ > Install 0 Package(s) > Update 0 Package(s) > Remove 10 Package(s) > > Is this ok [y/N]: n > Exiting on user Command > > Some of those dependencies certainly make sense, and others look > likely to. Some of them. I grant that. > > Some make mud seem clear. I don't understand, despite googling, > what gvfs is or does. I know only that it too threatened to take a long > list of indispensable apps with it if removed -- and that the gnome > system monitor always shows some half dozen of its creatures, sleeping. > > But what of nautilus? It would be fine for bluez to depend on it; > but why should it depend on bluez?? Is someone going to tell me that > pango uses bluez, with or without hardware? And then sneer down his nose > that I'm welcome to write new code?? Run: repoquery --whatrequires libbluetooth.so.2 That shows all packages with a _direct_ dependency on that library. Nautilus depends on something that depends on bluez-libs. > What ever became of linux being tailorable?? A Linux base distribution is tailored already. Not each and every feature can be toggled on/off at run-time or install-time. Some features build the core of the distribution. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
