F12: weird dependenciy between xpaint and emacs

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:33:48 +0100, Joachim wrote:

> On my F12 box, both emacs and xpaint are installed.
> 
> When trying to uninstall emacs, I get:
> 
> sudo yum erase emacs
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> Setting up Remove Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package emacs.i686 1:23.1-18.fc12 set to be erased
> --> Processing Dependency: emacs for package: xpaint-2.8.7.3-1.fc12.i686
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package xpaint.i686 0:2.8.7.3-1.fc12 set to be erased
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ================================================================================
>   Package         Arch          Version                 Repository 
>      Size
> ================================================================================
> Removing:
>   emacs           i686          1:23.1-18.fc12          installed 
>     6.6 M
> Removing for dependencies:
>   xpaint          i686          2.8.7.3-1.fc12          installed 
>     1.6 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ================================================================================
> Remove        2 Package(s)
> 
> But after having uninstalled emacs by "rpm -e emacs --nodeps", xpaint 
> still runs properly. So, why that dependency?

Examine the "xpaint" package to see whether it stores files in any
of Emacs' directories. That may be the reason for the dependency.
Else check out the xpaint.spec file.