Re: kernel.spec: is "Requires: initscripts" really needed?

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Kay Sievers (kay@xxxxxxxx) said: 
> when installing a kernel in a minimal system, it pulls in
> a bunch of otherwise not needed packages, because
> initscripts.rpm has a dependency on them. Any specific
> reason to keep that, or can we possibly drop it?

The dependency was added for mkkerneldoth back in the day. If you remember
what that was, good for you. So, in general, it's not needed.

Building a minimal system solely from RPM dependnecies might have
interesting results if you left initscripts out, though - it's the vector by
which many other things are pulled into/kept in the minimal installs by way
of dependnecies, most of which you'd still want there:
- procps-ng
- kmod
- fedora-release
- util-linux (!)
- findutils

Doesn't mean there needs to be a requirement from the kernel, though.

Bill
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