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After last updates today, among others, the package

xrandr-1.5.0-2.mga7

was said to be orphan.

This is a hybrid graphics computer using mageia-prime. Isn't it true that xrandr is required for mageia-prime? How can it be orphanized?

Is it safe to remove all orphanized packages?

Thanks

It may be that 1 (of many) packages that have xrandr as a dependency has been removed.
You can reboot and check to see if the dependency from another package gets linked, and so removes the orphan report.

given the size of the file xrandr, you can just leave it on the system.

have a read here => viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3838

Reading your post, I understand that it is really dangerous to remove so called orphan packages...

Reading your post, I understand that it is really dangerous to remove so called orphan packages...

Yes it can be dangerous. Be careful.

Some more information concerning this issue can be found at:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Removing_packages