Am 15.10.2012 21:34, schrieb Kevin Fenzi:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:24:09 -0400
> Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Matthew Miller (mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- initial build
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