Dependency Hell[F7-x86_64]

[Sean Bruno]

I was going to rip NetworkManager out of my machine just now, and yum
went in and found some really nifty dependencies that made me sit up and
take notice.  I can't believe that pidgin and evolution really use NM
libs.  Is this for real?

[sean@home-desk ~]$ sudo yum -y remove 'NetworkManager*'
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package NetworkManager-glib.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package NetworkManager.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package NetworkManager-gnome.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package NetworkManager-openvpn.x86_64 0:0.3.2-7.fc6 set to be
erased
---> Package NetworkManager.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package NetworkManager-glib.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0 for package: evolution
--> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package:
libpurple
--> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package: pidgin
--> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package:
evolution
--> Processing Dependency: libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) for package:
krb5-auth-dialog
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package NetworkManager-glib.x86_64 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package evolution.x86_64 0:2.10.2-3.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package evolution.i386 0:2.10.2-3.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package pidgin.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package NetworkManager-glib.i386 1:0.6.5-7.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package krb5-auth-dialog.x86_64 0:0.7-2 set to be erased
---> Package libpurple.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libpurple.so.0()(64bit) for package:
nautilus-sendto
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nautilus-sendto.x86_64 0:0.10-4.fc7 set to be erased
---> Package libpurple.x86_64 0:2.0.2-3.fc7 set to be erased

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
Size 
=============================================================================
Removing:
 NetworkManager          i386       1:0.6.5-7.fc7    installed
1.8 M
 NetworkManager          x86_64     1:0.6.5-7.fc7    installed
1.8 M
 NetworkManager-glib     x86_64     1:0.6.5-7.fc7    installed
24 k
 NetworkManager-glib     i386       1:0.6.5-7.fc7    installed
18 k
 NetworkManager-gnome    x86_64     1:0.6.5-7.fc7    installed
430 k
 NetworkManager-openvpn  x86_64     0.3.2-7.fc6      installed
208 k
Removing for dependencies:
 evolution               x86_64     2.10.2-3.fc7     installed
59 M
 evolution               i386       2.10.2-3.fc7     installed
59 M
 krb5-auth-dialog        x86_64     0.7-2            installed
56 k
 libpurple               x86_64     2.0.2-3.fc7      installed
17 M
 nautilus-sendto         x86_64     0.10-4.fc7       installed
237 k
 pidgin                  x86_64     2.0.2-3.fc7      installed
16 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove      12 Package(s)

[Rahul Sundaram]

Sean Bruno wrote:
>  I was going to rip NetworkManager out of my machine just now, and
> yum
>  went in and found some really nifty dependencies that made me sit up and
>  take notice.  I can't believe that pidgin and evolution really use NM
>  libs.  Is this for real?
>  
>  [sean@home-desk ~]$ sudo yum -y remove 'NetworkManager*' 
Try

# yum remove NetworkManager and avoid using -y if you don't know the 
dependency set.

Pidgin and Evolution depends on NetworkManager-glib to check network 
connectivity and automatically go offline and things like that.

Rahul

[Kelly Miller]

On Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:14 am Sean Bruno wrote:
>  I was going to rip NetworkManager out of my machine just now, and
> yum
>  went in and found some really nifty dependencies that made me sit up and
>  take notice.  I can't believe that pidgin and evolution really use NM
>  libs.  Is this for real? 
Yes, I've heard this one before.  I don't fully understand why huge sections 
of Gnome rely on NetworkManager.  Could it be the same reason Gnome is 
starting to have a HUGE dependency on Mono to function?

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[Rahul Sundaram]

Kelly wrote:
>  On Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:14 am Sean Bruno wrote:
> > I was going to rip NetworkManager out of my machine just now, and yum
> > went in and found some really nifty dependencies that made me sit up and
> > take notice.  I can't believe that pidgin and evolution really use NM
> > libs.  Is this for real?
>  
>  Yes, I've heard this one before.  I don't fully understand why huge sections 
>  of Gnome rely on NetworkManager.  Could it be the same reason Gnome is 
>  starting to have a HUGE dependency on Mono to function? 
I don't have mono or Network Manager (it's a desktop) installed and I 
can easily continue using GNOME. Can you be more specific on what you 
consider "HUGE dependency"?

Rahul

[Kelly Miller]

On Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:51 am Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  I don't have mono or Network Manager (it's a desktop)
> installed and I
>  can easily continue using GNOME. Can you be more specific on what you
>  consider "HUGE dependency"?
>
>  Rahul 
I dunno.  My head hurts really badly right now; maybe I have the dependency 
chain upside down...

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