[Yum] Does yum take into account dependecies of packages outside repositories?

[Jim Perrin]

> Looking at yum source code, it seems that for resolving dependencies
> it looks for repository only, and not to the RPM database.

Incorrect. Yum looks at the package requirements and dependencies. One
would hope all deps exist in the repository, however in the case of
java and jpackage this is not always possible. Yes, you need an
external package to satisfy the dep.

> This is yum 2.4 in CentOS 4.3

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