CentOS - Jun 2010 - xulrunner-devel dependencies

What's the deal with all of the new dependencies for xulrunner-devel in
the last update?  I'm updating my servers and the update for
xulrunner-devel is forcing me to install 43 new packages!  Is this a
packaging problem, or are all of those packages really needed?

For the moment, I've been removing xulrunner-devel from my machines to
avoid the problem.  I figure since it is a development package, I can
always reinstall it later if I need it.

Bowie

From: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>
> What's the deal with all of the new dependencies for xulrunner-devel 
> in the last update?  I'm updating my servers and the update for
Dunno, but:
# yum install xulrunner-devel
...
Installing:
 xulrunner-devel                i386     1.9.2.4-9.el5        updates     4.1 M
Installing for dependencies:
 libXt-devel                    i386     1.0.2-3.2.el5        base        330 k
 libnotify-devel                i386     0.4.2-6.el5          base         19 k
 startup-notification-devel     i386     0.8-4.1              base        8.6 k
...
Install       4 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Maybe you were not up to date on many packages?

JD

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: [CentOS] xulrunner-devel dependencies
From: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>
To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:49:06 AM
> What's the deal with all of the new dependencies for xulrunner-devel in
> the last update?  I'm updating my servers and the update for
> xulrunner-devel is forcing me to install 43 new packages!  Is this a
> packaging problem, or are all of those packages really needed?
>
> For the moment, I've been removing xulrunner-devel from my machines to
> avoid the problem.  I figure since it is a development package, I can
> always reinstall it later if I need it.
>
> Bowie
>   
I noticed the same thing, and took the same steps toward resolution.
xulrunner/xulrunner-devel apparently wasn't a dependency for any
software that I use and was installed when I selected the
"Development/Libraries" group at install time.

The current xulrunner-devel (1.9.2.4-9.el5) actually has 46 dependencies
(91 on x86_64). The previous version (1.9.0.19-1.el5_5) had 28.

[root at mail ~]# yum deplist xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.4-9.el5 | grep
dependency: | wc -l
91

--Blake