kernel-core pulls linux-firmware

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> where is this dependency from?

>From the explicit Requires(pre) in the kernel-core RPM.

> after confirm you can happily "yum remove linux-firmware" without
> any problems and the next kernel update pulls it again which is
> not how a normal dependency works because it would not allow
> to uninstall the dependency without remove the pulling package

That's why it's Requires(pre).

> hence why i have on our virtualized infrastructure for years a empty
> meta-package with provides/obsoletes but given now that we have
> "kernel-core" and "kernel-drivers" this dependecy should be only pulled
> only by "kernel-drivers"

No.  The kernel-core package contains drivers that require firmware in
linux-firmware.  I'm not dropping that dependency.  Your existing
solution should continue to work.

josh