Why does enabling or disabling modules result in fluctuations in the package count for the "rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms" repository?
Issue
- When I disable the
perl-DBIand associated modules on my system, the package count for therhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpmsrepository grows. Why is that the case?
# yum repolist Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Tue 28 May 2019 03:19:33 PM EDT. repo id repo name status rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) 5,205 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 1,963 # yum module disable perl-DBD-SQLite perl-DBI perl-DBD-Pg perl-DBD-MySQL Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:11 ago on Tue 28 May 2019 03:19:33 PM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ======================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================================= Disabling module streams: perl-DBD-MySQL 4.046 perl-DBD-Pg 3.7 perl-DBD-SQLite 1.58 perl-DBI 1.641 Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================================= Is this ok [y/N]: y Complete! # yum repolist Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:19 ago on Tue 28 May 2019 03:19:33 PM EDT. repo id repo name status rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) 5,201 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 1,965
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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