Removing dependencies with yum does not work

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Issue

  • When installing an rpm package A with dependency B and C. The dependencies are installed along with the package. When removing package A the dependencies B and C are not removed with it.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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