perl -le "print for @INC" #### foo-2.0: # this is your added package perl-5.10.0: provides foo-1.0 requires foo-2.0 # so that RPM also pulls in foo-2.0 perl-5.10.1: provides foo-3.0 # and RPM will automatically remove the foo-2.0 package #### foo-2.0-meta: requires foo-2.0 requires perl-5.10.0