On 10/15/07, Johnn Tan <linuxweb at gmail.com> wrote: > I installed a CentOS-5 core OS (using --nobase in my kickstart). > > For some reason, it included mysql-5.0.22. > > When I do "yum remove mysql", it says it will also remove > exim and mdadm for dependencies. > I don't care that exim will be removed, but I need mdadm as > I'm doing software RAID. > > But why are these even related? When I do: > rpm -q --requires mysql > neither exim or mdadm is listed as being a requirement. This is an odd dep chain. It would seem that exim requires mysql for some odd reason. mdadm doesn't, but does require that the system have an smtp-daemon, which is a dep satisfied by exim, postfix, or sendmail. mostly, install sendmail or postfix, and you can then remove exim and mysql without fear. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell