systemd requires HTTP server and serves QR codes

[Reindl Harald]

Am 15.10.2012 21:34, schrieb Kevin Fenzi:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:24:09 -0400
> Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Matthew Miller (mattdm at fedoraproject.org) 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 at 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 at thelounge.net>
- initial build


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