NetworkManager package oddity

[Rex Dieter]

On 07/23/2013 08:49 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> I installed an F19 system with only KDE.  In doing some testing as a result of a question on the user's....
>
> For "yum erase NetworkManager-openvpn" I see...
>
> Removing:
>   NetworkManager-openvpn                x86_64  1:0.9.6.0-2.fc19    @anaconda  718 k
> Removing for dependencies:
>   kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn  x86_64  1:0.9.0.9-1.fc19    @updates   153 k
>
> But subsequently for "yum install NetworkManager-openvpn" I see...
>
> Installing:
>   NetworkManager-openvpn      x86_64      1:0.9.8.2-2.fc19        updates      161 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ====================================================================================
> Install  1 Package
>
> I would have thought kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn would have been pulled in as well....
>
> Why not?

kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn Requires: NetworkManager-openvpn

not the other way around.

-- rex