Feature added by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Feature #308940, revision 1 Title: zypper: provide ways to show reason for install openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The smart package manager had a --explain option with which one could have the pm dump reasons for a package being installed. The same would be desirable to have for zypper, as there are sometimes strange updates. Use Case: # zypper up The following NEW packages are going to be installed: bundle-lang-gnome-ar glib2-lang gnome-keyring-lang gnome-vfs2-lang gtk2-lang With an --explain switch, there could be: glib2-lang (required by updated glib2-2.22.4-0.1.1) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576623 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308940