On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 08:08:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via arch-general wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2019 23:08:35 +0200, Sefa Eyeoglu via arch-general wrote: > >The packages linux and linux-firmware still get installed. I would > >prefer if there would be a way to install base, but without all of the > >irrelevant stuff for containers. > > Hi, > > first run > > pactree -r linux-firmware > pactree -r linux > > to ensure that without doubts nothing depends on those packages. > It unlikely does. If the packages are definitively unneeded, build empty > dummy packages and e.g. use the year as "epoch". If nothing depends on linux or linux-firmware, what is the point of installing dummy packages? Dummy packages are IMHO just a very broken and hacky way to work around unnecessary dependencies. This doesn't appear to be the case here. Best, Tinu
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