On 06/15/2017 08:13 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
On Thursday, 15 June 2017 at 20:05, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On 06/15/2017 02:02 PM, Tom Hughes wrote:
>> On 15/06/17 18:27, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>>
>>> I think you may misunderstand what "Recommends" means. At
install-time, it will
>>> still be pulled into the system as if it was a "Requires:". The
difference is
>>> that if someone later decides to do 'dnf remove perl-foo', it can be
removed
>>> without also removing the main 'perl' package (which is what would
happen if it
>>> is a full "requires").
>>
>> What does "Recommends" do on upgrade?
>>
>> In other words if Recommends was used and a new perl version had new modules in
>> the core package would an upgrade of perl pull them in as you would expect?
>>
>> I don't see how it can unless it also reinstalls ones the user had chosen to
>> remove?
>
> You are correct, on upgrade it only updates packages currently on the system. It
> won't install new ones (except to satisfy new dependencies for existing
packages).
No, actually it does try to pull in any missing Recommends:. That's why
I have to add -x trousers to every dnf update I do. dnf keeps trying to
install it each time.
That's definitely a bug; it's not supposed to be doing that. Have you filed a
BZ? (And are you certain that something else isn't trying to Requires: it?)