Yeah, the authconfig requiring rhpl does not bug me, as other things require rhpl as well. It's more that rhpl now requires wireless-tools that irks me. wireless-tools strikes me as a really 'as-needed' package, especially in the enterprise environment where many of the systems RHEL5 is being installed on have no wireless capability. > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:42 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: Re: Stupid dependencies.. ? > > Hajducko, Steven wrote: > > Is there a place to suggest better dependencies for future > builds of > > RH? I'm not sure which list / bug tracking system I should > be putting > > this into. > > > I would suggest bugging your support guys. > > > For example, > > > > the core group lists authconfig as a mandatory package. > > > > authconfig requires rhpl, a package that contains python > code used by > > other programs. > > Lots of things, including rhn register (IIRC) use rhpl, so that's > reasonable. It also contains some translation code. > > > > rhpl requires wireless-tools. > > > Not sure why that is, but that seems busted. That being said, there > may be a good reason for it and perhaps someone with more > experience with rhpl can explain why. > > > It was not this way in RH4. authconfig was part of core, > but the RHPL > > package was not required by it, nor did the RHPL package require > > wireless-tools. > > > > So in essence, every server I install into my datacenter > with RH5 is > > going to have the wireless-tools package, a completely > arbitrary and > > unnecessary package, unless I uninstall authconfig, rhpl and > > wireless-tools in the %post. > > > > > ..................................................................... > > *Steven Hajducko* > > Systems Engineer, Systems Integration > > w: 818.597.6443 m: 805.377.9074 > > > > This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the > > sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by > > others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient > > please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
