Is yum dependency resolution upside down?

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/13/2011 02:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Now you only repeat [albeit with many words] what has been explained
> before. Do I need to repeat that package "ppp" is a dependency of
> NetworkManager and that by removing "ppp" you need to remove
> NetworkManager, too?

No, I'm not repeating what's been said before; I'm suggesting an 
*explanation* for this behaviour, which is more than anybody else has 
even tried.