yum checks repositories before removing packages. why?

[Jonathan Berry]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:52:45 -0600, Gustavo Seabra <seabra at ksu.edu> wrote:
> I just wonder... why does yum need to check repositories before removing
> some packages?
> 
> Thanks.
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> Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
> Chemistry Department
> Kansas State University
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My guess would be to update the headers so that it can be sure it can
resolve dependencies correctly.  That is only a guess, but it seems a
logical reason.

Jonathan