rpm -q --whatrequires foo lies

Jay Cliburn jacliburn at bellsouth.net
Fri Aug 4 03:07:34 UTC 2006


Why doesn't "rpm -q --whatrequires dbus-sharp" find the same dependency 
that yum does?  This is an up-to-date FC5.i386 system.

[root at petrel ~]# rpm -q --whatrequires dbus-sharp
no package requires dbus-sharp

[root at petrel ~]# yum remove dbus-sharp
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package dbus-sharp.i386 0:0.61-3.fc5.1 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
Setting up repositories
macromedia                                                           [1/4]
core                                                                 [2/4]
updates                                                              [3/4]
extras                                                               [4/4]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
--> Processing Dependency: mono(dbus-sharp) = 0.60.0.0 for package: tomboy
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package tomboy.i386 0:0.3.5-3 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository 
Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
  dbus-sharp              i386       0.61-3.fc5.1     installed 
  98 k
Removing for dependencies:
  tomboy                  i386       0.3.5-3          installed 
575 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       2 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Exiting on user Command
Complete!
[root at petrel ~]#




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