When there is an exclude entry in /etc/yum.conf, package-cleanup reports a false orphan. yum-utils-1.1.14-4.fc9.noarch For example, # grep exclude /etc/yum.conf exclude=kernel* # package-cleanup --orphans Setting up yum Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished kernel-2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 I think orphans search should ignore exclude section to be accurate.
I don't think we should go about ignoring yum options in yum-utils.