[CentOS] strange RPM dependency observed in CentOS 7

Tue Dec 8 13:33:01 UTC 2020
Walter H. <Walter.H at mathemainzel.info>

Hello,

can someone explain, why the two packages
-  GeoIP
-  geoipupdate
are needed when installing the bind-utils package?

yum install bind-utils
...
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  Package                        Arch                   Version                               Repository            Size
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Installing:
  bind-utils                     x86_64                 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2               base                 260 k
Installing for dependencies:
  GeoIP                          x86_64                 1.5.0-14.el7                          base                 1.5 M
  bind-libs                      x86_64                 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2               base                 157 k
  bind-libs-lite                 x86_64                 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2               base                 1.1 M
  bind-license                   noarch                 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2               base                  90 k
  geoipupdate                    x86_64                 2.5.0-1.el7                           base                  35 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package (+5 Dependent packages)
...

Thanks,

Walter