yum erase the best way to do reverse dependency checking?

[Richard Shaw]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> wrote:
> On 02/20/2011 10:04 AM, 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.
>
> Spec files don't normally require the entire chain to be listed.  What
> problem are you trying to solve that isn't solved by listing the
> "immediate" build or runtime requirements?

I was just tying to not be redundant. For instance, the package relies
on mlt and mlt-python. I don't have to include mlt because mlt-python
already requires it.

yum erase just doesn't seem like a very elegant solution...

Richard