Description of problem: $ LANG=en_US sudo dnf update -x check Last metadata expiration check performed 0:10:58 ago on Mon Sep 21 23:12:14 2015. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: compat-libvpx1 x86_64 1.3.0-3.fc24 rawhide 497 k compat-nettle27 x86_64 2.7.1-1.fc24 rawhide 199 k cpp x86_64 5.1.1-4.fc23 rawhide 8.5 M gcc x86_64 5.1.1-4.fc23 rawhide 19 M gcc-gdb-plugin x86_64 5.1.1-4.fc23 rawhide 74 k glibc-devel x86_64 2.22.90-6.fc24 rawhide 910 k glibc-headers x86_64 2.22.90-6.fc24 rawhide 493 k isl x86_64 0.14-4.fc23 rawhide 490 k kernel x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 47 k kernel-core x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 21 M kernel-headers x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 1.0 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 18 M kernel-modules-extra x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 2.3 M libmpc x86_64 1.0.2-4.fc23 rawhide 55 k <snip> Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 14 Packages Upgrade 94 Packages Remove 4 Packages vs $ LANG=en_US sudo dnf update -x check -x isl Last metadata expiration check performed 0:12:27 ago on Mon Sep 21 23:12:14 2015. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: compat-libvpx1 x86_64 1.3.0-3.fc24 rawhide 497 k compat-nettle27 x86_64 2.7.1-1.fc24 rawhide 199 k kernel x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 47 k kernel-core x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 21 M kernel-modules x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 18 M kernel-modules-extra x86_64 4.3.0-0.rc1.git4.1.fc24 rawhide 2.3 M <snip> Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 6 Packages Upgrade 94 Packages Remove 4 Packages How am I supposed to guess why the additional package are installed? Could you please provide some hint? Neither verbose output is helpful :/ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q dnf dnf-1.1.1-2.fc24.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: It is not obvious what pulls in additional dependencies. Expected results: Output shows what is the reason for installing additional dependencies. Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1213995 ***