Is yum dependency resolution upside down?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:47:49 -0700, JZ wrote:

> > How would you "install Networking"?
> 
> Well, I generally make sure that it's selected when I install Fedora. 

Really? Do you add/choose a particular package group for it? Or do you
visit potential groups in search for "ppp" and place a checkmark next to
"ppp" there?

Or do you rely on the default install to include PPP support?
As I've shown, there is no "Networking" group, but there is the
"Dial-up Networking Support" group.

> Checking, I find that there's a directory on this box, /etc/ppp so it 
> must have been brought in with everything else.  However, I don't see 
> why removing it would take out everything else in Networking.  I won't 
> say that there's no good reason for it, but I will say that it's not 
> clear to me why that would happen.  Does anybody on the list know?

That has been explained at the beginning of this thread.

$ repoquery --whatrequires ppp
ppp-0:2.4.5-17.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-1:0.8.999-2.git20110509.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-1:0.8.9997-2.git20110531.fc15.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-1:0.8.999-1.fc15.x86_64
bluemodem-0:0.7-6.fc15.x86_64
kdenetwork-7:4.6.2-2.fc15.x86_64
kdenetwork-7:4.6.3-1.fc15.x86_64
ppp-0:2.4.5-17.fc15.x86_64
pptp-0:1.7.2-12.fc15.x86_64
rp-pppoe-0:3.10-8.fc15.x86_64
synce-serial-0:0.11-5.fc15.x86_64
wvdial-0:1.61-4.fc15.x86_64
xfce4-modemlights-plugin-0:0.1.3.99-7.fc15.x86_64
xl2tpd-0:1.2.7-3.fc15.x86_64