Yum allows to remove systemd-sysv package, but `yum check` finds a related problems after that. Package version: systemd-sysv-37-13.fc16.x86_64 Example output for `yum remove systemd-sysv`: >>> ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Removing: systemd-sysv x86_64 37-13.fc16 @updates 3.9 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Remove 1 Package Is this ok [y/N]: <<< Log of `yum check`: Error: check all 1:NetworkManager-0.9.2-1.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv audit-2.1.3-4.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv avahi-0.6.30-4.fc16.i686 has missing requires of systemd-sysv avahi-0.6.30-4.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv cronie-1.4.8-10.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 1:cups-1.5.2-1.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 1:dbus-1.4.10-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-19.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 12:dhcp-4.2.3-6.P2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv dnsmasq-2.58-2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv freeradius-2.1.12-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv gpm-1.20.6-21.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv iptables-1.4.12-2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv lvm2-2.02.86-6.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv mdadm-3.2.3-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv mysql-server-5.5.20-1.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 1:net-snmp-5.7.1-2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv openssh-server-5.8p2-24.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv openvpn-2.2.1-2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv pcsc-lite-1.7.4-6.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv policycoreutils-2.1.4-13.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv portreserve-0.0.5-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv psacct-6.5.5-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv rpcbind-0.2.0-15.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv rsyslog-5.8.7-1.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 1:samba-3.6.3-78.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv sysstat-10.0.2-2.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv tigervnc-1.1.0-3.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 1:wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-11.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv 2:xinetd-2.3.14-40.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv zvbi-0.2.33-9.fc16.x86_64 has missing requires of systemd-sysv
It's a bug in yum. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785690 ***
yum-3.4.3-23.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3766/yum-3.4.3-23.fc16
yum-3.4.3-23.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.