dnf behavior

[Paolo Galtieri]

Folks,
  a long time ago I installed a number of i686 packages on my system.  I 
now want to remove them.  When I try to remove one particular package I 
get some unexpected behavior.

I do

dnf remove pixman.i686

and I get:

Package                     Arch   Version Repository       Size
Removing:
  pixman                     i686   0.44.2-1.fc41 updates     711.7 KiB
Removing dependent packages:
  cairo                      i686   1.18.2-2.fc41 updates       1.8 MiB
  gtk2                       i686   2.24.33-19.fc41 <unknown>    13.5 MiB
  gtk3                       i686   3.24.43-2.fc41 <unknown>    23.4 MiB
  libcanberra-gtk3           i686   0.30-36.fc41 <unknown>    68.8 KiB
  libdecor                   i686   0.2.2-4.fc41 <unknown>   162.7 KiB
  pango                      i686   1.54.0-2.fc41 <unknown>     1.0 MiB
  wine                       x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates       0.0   B
Removing unused dependencies:
  SDL2                       i686   2.30.11-1.fc41 updates       2.0 MiB
  SDL2_net                   x86_64 2.2.0-6.fc41 <unknown>    27.2 KiB
  at-spi2-atk                i686   2.54.0-1.fc41 <unknown>   292.5 KiB
  avahi-glib                 i686   0.8-29.fc41 <unknown>    18.9 KiB
  cairo-gobject              i686   1.18.2-2.fc41 updates      33.4 KiB
  cdparanoia-libs            i686   10.2-45.fc41 <unknown>   115.7 KiB
  colord-libs                i686   1.4.7-5.fc41 <unknown>   863.4 KiB
  dosbox-staging             x86_64 0.81.2-3.fc41 <unknown>    14.6 MiB
  fluid-soundfont-common     noarch 3.1-33.fc41 <unknown>    78.7 KiB
  fluid-soundfont-gm         noarch 3.1-33.fc41 <unknown>   141.7 MiB
  graphene                   i686   1.10.6-9.fc41 <unknown>   226.0 KiB
  gstreamer1                 i686   1.24.11-1.fc41 updates       5.7 MiB
  gstreamer1-plugins-base    i686   1.24.11-1.fc41 updates       7.7 MiB
  icoutils                   x86_64 0.32.3-17.fc41 <unknown>   196.4 KiB
  iir1                       x86_64 1.9.5-1.fc41 <unknown>    53.1 KiB
  json-glib                  i686   1.10.0-1.fc41 <unknown>   569.6 KiB
  lcms2                      i686   2.16-4.fc41 <unknown>   463.2 KiB
  libXv                      i686   1.0.13-1.fc41 updates      27.9 KiB
  libcanberra                i686   0.30-36.fc41 <unknown>   266.0 KiB
  libcanberra-gtk2           i686   0.30-36.fc41 <unknown>    53.0 KiB
  libcloudproviders          i686   0.3.5-5.fc41 <unknown>   123.5 KiB
  libexif                    i686   0.6.24-8.fc41 <unknown>     2.4 MiB
  libgphoto2                 i686   2.5.31-2.fc41 <unknown>     5.7 MiB
  libgusb                    i686   0.4.9-2.fc41 <unknown>   161.4 KiB
  libsoup3                   i686   3.6.4-1.fc41 updates       1.2 MiB
  libtheora                  i686   1:1.1.1-38.fc41 <unknown>   491.7 KiB
  libtracker-sparql          i686   3.7.3-3.fc41 <unknown>     1.1 MiB
  libv4l                     i686   1.28.1-1.fc41 <unknown>   377.5 KiB
  libvisual                  i686   1:0.4.1-5.fc41 <unknown>   474.5 KiB
  libwayland-cursor          i686   1.23.0-2.fc41 <unknown>    32.4 KiB
  libwayland-egl             i686   1.23.0-2.fc41 <unknown>    15.8 KiB
  mesa-libOSMesa             i686   25.0.0-2.fc41 updates      14.7 MiB
  mesa-libOSMesa             x86_64 25.0.0-2.fc41 updates      14.0 MiB
  mingw32-FAudio             noarch 23.07-6.fc41 <unknown>   512.0 KiB
  mingw32-SDL2               noarch 2.30.3-2.fc41 <unknown>     5.2 MiB
  mingw32-lcms2              noarch 2.14-6.fc41 <unknown>   850.3 KiB
  mingw32-libjpeg-turbo      noarch 3.0.2-2.fc41 <unknown>     1.0 MiB
  mingw32-libpng             noarch 1.6.40-4.fc41 <unknown>     1.0 MiB
  mingw32-libstdc++          x86_64 14.2.1-3.fc41 <unknown>    22.3 MiB
  mingw32-libtiff            noarch 4.4.0-6.fc41 <unknown>     1.2 MiB
  mingw32-libxml2            noarch 2.12.8-2.fc41 <unknown>     2.9 MiB
  mingw32-libxslt            noarch 1.1.42-2.fc41 <unknown>   882.5 KiB
  mingw32-vkd3d              noarch 1.14-1.fc41 updates       3.6 MiB
  mingw32-win-iconv          noarch 0.0.8-13.fc41 <unknown>    52.7 KiB
  mingw32-wine-gecko         noarch 2.47.4-4.fc40 fedora       51.7 MiB
  mingw32-zlib               noarch 1.3.1-3.fc41 <unknown>   272.7 KiB
  mingw64-FAudio             noarch 23.07-6.fc41 <unknown>   510.7 KiB
  mingw64-SDL2               noarch 2.30.3-2.fc41 <unknown>     5.0 MiB
  mingw64-lcms2              noarch 2.14-6.fc41 <unknown>   817.8 KiB
  mingw64-libjpeg-turbo      noarch 3.0.2-2.fc41 <unknown>     1.2 MiB
  mingw64-libpng             noarch 1.6.40-4.fc41 <unknown>   990.3 KiB
  mingw64-libstdc++          x86_64 14.2.1-3.fc41 <unknown>    24.9 MiB
  mingw64-libtiff            noarch 4.4.0-6.fc41 <unknown>     1.2 MiB
  mingw64-libxml2            noarch 2.12.8-2.fc41 <unknown>     2.8 MiB
  mingw64-libxslt            noarch 1.1.42-2.fc41 <unknown>   842.7 KiB
  mingw64-vkd3d              noarch 1.14-1.fc41 updates       3.4 MiB
  mingw64-win-iconv          noarch 0.0.8-13.fc41 <unknown>    53.3 KiB
  mingw64-wine-gecko         noarch 2.47.4-4.fc40 fedora       49.5 MiB
  mingw64-zlib               noarch 1.3.1-3.fc41 <unknown>   269.7 KiB
  mt32emu                    x86_64 2.7.1-4.fc41 <unknown>   247.9 KiB
  ocl-icd                    i686   2.3.2-7.fc41 <unknown>   233.4 KiB
  orc                        i686   0.4.39-1.fc41 <unknown>   875.1 KiB
  samba-winbind-clients      x86_64 2:4.21.4-1.fc41 updates     160.3 KiB
  sane-backends-libs         i686   1.3.1-1.fc41 <unknown>    99.5 KiB
  vulkan-tools               x86_64 1.4.304.0-1.fc41 updates       1.3 MiB
  wine-alsa                  i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     271.1 KiB
  wine-alsa                  x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     304.9 KiB
  wine-arial-fonts           noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     156.9 KiB
  wine-cms                   i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates       1.6 MiB
  wine-cms                   x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates       2.2 MiB
  wine-common                noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     141.0 KiB
  wine-core                  i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     599.4 MiB
  wine-core                  x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     713.6 MiB
  wine-courier-fonts         noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     170.1 KiB
  wine-desktop               noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     696.0 KiB
  wine-dxvk                  i686   2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    16.6 MiB
  wine-dxvk                  x86_64 2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    17.9 MiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d10            i686   2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>   790.2 KiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d10            x86_64 2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    11.7 MiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d8             i686   2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    11.8 MiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d8             x86_64 2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    13.3 MiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d9             i686   2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    15.3 MiB
  wine-dxvk-d3d9             x86_64 2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    16.4 MiB
  wine-dxvk-dxgi             i686   2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    13.6 MiB
  wine-dxvk-dxgi             x86_64 2.5.3-2.fc41 <unknown>    14.9 MiB
  wine-filesystem            noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      10.0 MiB
  wine-fixedsys-fonts        noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      36.9 KiB
  wine-fonts                 noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates       0.0   B
  wine-ldap                  i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates       2.6 MiB
  wine-ldap                  x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates       3.3 MiB
  wine-mono                  noarch 9.4.0-2.fc41 updates     237.9 MiB
  wine-ms-sans-serif-fonts   noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates       4.6 MiB
  wine-opencl                i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     299.1 KiB
  wine-opencl                x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     355.2 KiB
  wine-pulseaudio            i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     208.8 KiB
  wine-pulseaudio            x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     229.6 KiB
  wine-small-fonts           noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      65.5 KiB
  wine-smartcard             i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     225.2 KiB
  wine-smartcard             x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     280.9 KiB
  wine-system-fonts          noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     120.9 KiB
  wine-systemd               noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     119.0   B
  wine-tahoma-fonts          noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     300.4 KiB
  wine-times-new-roman-fonts noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates     169.5 KiB
  wine-twain                 i686   10.1-1.fc41 updates     536.2 KiB
  wine-twain                 x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates     674.6 KiB
  wine-webdings-fonts        noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      30.0 KiB
  wine-wingdings-fonts       noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      35.1 KiB

My question is why is it removing so many x86_64 packages and why is 
pixman.i686 dependent on wine.x86_64? Is there a way to remove only the 
i686 packages?

Any help is appreciated.

Paolo

[Todd Zullinger]

Paolo Galtieri wrote:
> Folks,
>  a long time ago I installed a number of i686 packages on my system.  I now
> want to remove them.  When I try to remove one particular package I get some
> unexpected behavior.
>
> I do
>
> dnf remove pixman.i686
>
> and I get:
>
> Package                     Arch   Version Repository       Size
> Removing:
>  pixman                     i686   0.44.2-1.fc41 updates     711.7 KiB
> Removing dependent packages:
>  cairo                      i686   1.18.2-2.fc41 updates       1.8 MiB
>  gtk2                       i686   2.24.33-19.fc41 <unknown>    13.5 MiB
>  gtk3                       i686   3.24.43-2.fc41 <unknown>    23.4 MiB
>  libcanberra-gtk3           i686   0.30-36.fc41 <unknown>    68.8 KiB
>  libdecor                   i686   0.2.2-4.fc41 <unknown>   162.7 KiB
>  pango                      i686   1.54.0-2.fc41 <unknown>     1.0 MiB
>  wine                       x86_64 10.1-1.fc41 updates       0.0   B
> Removing unused dependencies:
>  SDL2                       i686   2.30.11-1.fc41 updates       2.0 MiB
>  SDL2_net                   x86_64 2.2.0-6.fc41 <unknown>    27.2 KiB

[...]
> wine-wingdings-fonts       noarch 10.1-1.fc41 updates      35.1 KiB
>
> My question is why is it removing so many x86_64 packages and why is
> pixman.i686 dependent on wine.x86_64? Is there a way to remove only the i686
> packages?

The wine x86_64 package requires both the i686 and x86_64
mesa-dri-drivers (I presume to support 32-bit windows
binaries, but I don't use Window or Wine, so that's a rough
guess).

The dependency was added in

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/wine/c/4787aa7

which says "pull in mesa-dri-drivers in meta package to make
direct rendering work out of the box (rhbz#827776)

You can limit the removals by not removing unused
dependencies via the --noautoremove option.  That won't
limit things to just i686, but it will leave more cruft on
your system, so I don't think it's a good option.

If you really need any of the packages which are being
removed for something else which isn't installed as an rpm,
you can either reinstall it later to use dnf mark to prevent
it from being removed as an unused dependency.

Unless you're building local software or installing non-rpm
code from elsewhere, allowing dnf to clean up what is not
used is really the more sensible option.