Am 15.10.2012 21:34, schrieb Kevin Fenzi:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:24:09 -0400
Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Matthew Miller (mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org) said:
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:19:03PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>> But hey, I don't need to install packages or want python!
>>> systemd+ util-linux + bash + initscripts + passwd:
>>> Install 6 Packages (+108 Dependent packages)
>>> Total download size: 94 M
>>> Installed size: 401 M
>>
>> Of which one quarter is the kernel and the other quarter is glibc
>> locale support, right?
>
> Or more:
>
> 122659574 kernel
> 117821428 glibc-common
> 35623360 linux-firmware
> 14233540 coreutils
> 13845828 glibc
I wonder... could we make linux-firmware optional?
I would expect many virt env's don't need any firmware to work...
(but of course I could be wrong)
you are right
the dependency was introduced not so long ago
a bugreport was closed with "WONT FIX"
i went the road below
[root@buildserver:~]$ cat /rpmbuild/SPECS/linux-firmware-dummy.spec
%global checkout 06c8f81
Summary: metapackage to satisfy kernel-dependencies on vmware-servers
Name: linux-firmware-dummy
Version: 20120206
Release: 0.1.git%{checkout}%{?dist}
BuildArch: noarch
Group: System Environment/Libraries
URL:
http://www.thelounge.net/
License: GPL
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
Provides: linux-firmware = %{version}
Provides: kernel-firmware = %{version}
%description
metapackage to satisfy kernel-dependencies on vmware-servers
%install
rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
%files
%clean
rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
%changelog
* Wed Apr 11 2012 Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net>
- initial build