-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CentOS] xulrunner-devel dependencies From: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:49:06 AM > What's the deal with all of the new dependencies for xulrunner-devel in > the last update? I'm updating my servers and the update for > xulrunner-devel is forcing me to install 43 new packages! Is this a > packaging problem, or are all of those packages really needed? > > For the moment, I've been removing xulrunner-devel from my machines to > avoid the problem. I figure since it is a development package, I can > always reinstall it later if I need it. > > Bowie > I noticed the same thing, and took the same steps toward resolution. xulrunner/xulrunner-devel apparently wasn't a dependency for any software that I use and was installed when I selected the "Development/Libraries" group at install time. The current xulrunner-devel (1.9.2.4-9.el5) actually has 46 dependencies (91 on x86_64). The previous version (1.9.0.19-1.el5_5) had 28. [root at mail ~]# yum deplist xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.4-9.el5 | grep dependency: | wc -l 91 --Blake