Created attachment 442712 [details] list of packages installed after "yum install erlang-doc" Description of problem: With no other erlang packages on system, installation of erlang-doc also installs 58 other erlang packages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): erlang-doc.noarch R13B-04.12.fc13 on Linux - kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.33.8-149.fc13 How reproducible: yum install erlang-doc Steps to Reproduce: 1. note - this happens on a system with no erlang packages installed 2. yum install erlang-doc 3. Actual results: 59 packages installed Expected results: one package installed Additional info: rpm -q --filesbypkg erlang-doc shows that all of the files are in /usr/share/doc This bug is a mirror image of Bug 618245. That bug is a request to be able to build without docs (to reduce build time). It should be possible to just install the single documentation package without installing 58 other packages. Both for someone who is just curious and wants to browse the docs as well as for developers who might like to have a copy of the documentation on a system that is not used for development, separating erlang-doc from the rest would be an improvement.
Yes, indeed this is an issue.
This was discussed on the fedora users list with subject: erlang-doc - dubious dependencies Michael Schwendt made some additional comments.
*** Bug 629721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
erlang-R14B-01.5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/erlang-R14B-01.5.fc15
erlang-R14B-01.5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update erlang'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/erlang-R14B-01.5.fc15
erlang-R14B-01.5.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/erlang-R14B-01.5.fc14
erlang-R14B-01.5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
erlang-R14B-01.5.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.