Is yum dependency resolution upside down?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 06/13/2011 07:03 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote
> Both commands are not the exact opposite of "groupinstall" and "install" due
> to dependencies on additional packages. A groupinstall can add required packages
> not listed in the group. Same for a normal install. "yum install foo" may pull
> in packages that would not be removed by "yum remove foo". A groupremove tries
> to remove all packages listed in the group plus anything that depends on them,
> which can be packages listed also in other groups.

Also, if someone installed a group and wants to revert,  I recommend
using yum history undo instead of group remove

Rahul