Sure. awerlang used the :Z (sleepy). More: Libzypp/Dependencies - openSUSE Wiki
Just another place with no reference to “unneeded” at all.
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susejunky
Sure, but a prerequisite for the definition of unneeded.
More: rpm.org - Dependencies, rpm.org - More on Dependencies. SUSE tries to have zypper support all features of the latest version of rpm.
“Unneeded” means the auto-installed package is not referenced with respect to the broadest definition of dependency, directly or indirectly, by a user installed package.
That is a nice one!
At the moment i suspect package splits and supplements could lead to the behavior which I saw. However reading the sources will take me some more time …
Regards
susejunky
You’re welcome.
Testcases related to post #1:
http://www.mistelberger.net/updateTestcase-2022-08-05-18-10-03/
http://www.mistelberger.net/updateTestcase-2022-08-06-23-11-34/
Everybody should have a look to this thread.
Thanks so much karlmistelberger.