root rpm package list?

Michael Schwendt mschwendt at gmail.com
Sun Nov 7 12:24:52 UTC 2010


On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:38:41 -0400, Tom wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:20:32 -0700
> JD wrote:
> 
> > So, how could zoneminder package be a root package?
> 
> No one depends on it. Those are the "roots" I'm trying
> to find (i.e. packages that must have been installed
> intentionally rather than via some dependency).

Sort of all packages where running

  rpm --test -e foo

would not make RPM complain about breaking dependencies. Whether they
have been installed "intentionally" (even if not needed by any other
packages) or only due to the Fedora installer's comps lists is a different
question. ;)


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