Package dependency question (on SuSE-10.2)

[Ben Scott]

On 2/19/07, Jim Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com> wrote:
>     It might be prudent to run "rpm -q --whatrequires <library-name>"
> before removing the package.  If nothing but ekiga uses it, it can be
> safely deleted (I think).

  RPM will not let you erase a package the other packages depend on.
So, for example, if one were to try  "rpm --erase glibc" because
"ekiga" depended on it, RPM will complain with a (very long) list of
reasons why you shouldn't do that.

-- Ben