RFE: yum show which package needed what dependency

[Rahul]

Jason Dravet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running rawhide.  I was doing a yum update today and I noticed that 
> yum added 5 packages to resolve dependencies.  It would be nice if yum 
> told me which package it was updating that needed what dependencies.  
> Here is a list of dependences that yum added:
> Installing for dependencies:
> binutils                i386       2.17.50.0.3-6    development       2.9 M
> gettext                i386       0.14.6-2.fc6     development       1.4 M
> gnome-mag        i386       0.13.1-1.fc6     development        93 k
> m4                      i386       1.4.5-3          development       133 k
> patch                  i386       2.5.4-29.2.2     development        64 k
> 
> I am requesting something like:
> Installing for dependencies:
> binutils                i386       2.17.50.0.3-6    development       2.9 M
> binutils needed to resolve dependencies on foo
> gettext                 i386       0.14.6-2.fc6     development       1.4 M
> gettext needed to resolve dependencies on bar
> gnome-mag               i386       0.13.1-1.fc6     development        93 k
> gnome-mag needed to resolve dependencies on foo and bar
> m4                      i386       1.4.5-3          development       133 k
> patch                   i386       2.5.4-29.2.2     development        64 k
> 
> If other people think this is of value I will open a RFE bug.
> 

Yes. I think this is quite useful too.

Rahul