yum erase the best way to do reverse dependency checking?

[Robert Nichols]

On 02/20/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> I was googling for a way to figure out a dependency chain for a
> package I'm trying to flush out a spec file for and build. There
> doesn't seem to be a non-destructive equivalent to "yum erase
> <package>" to see if I need to explicitly include a package/program.
>
> Anyone have a solution they like?

Unless you use "-y" on the command line or have "assumeyes" in your
yum.conf file, yum is going to prompt for confirmation before actually
removing anything.

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