Bug 1463749

Summary: powerpc-utils pulls Perl into the base-runtime on ppc64[le] systems
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh>
Component: powerpc-utilsAssignee: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 26CC: al.dunsmuir, dan, dwmw2, fkocina, hannsj_uhl, hegdevasant, jaromir.capik, jcajka, karsten, ksinny, psabata, rdossant, tony
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Fixed In Version: powerpc-utils-1.3.4-2.fc27 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Stephen Gallagher 2017-06-21 16:07:06 UTC 
Description of problem:
The Fedora base-runtime includes ppc64-utils because it is apparently needed to boot a ppc64 or ppc64le system to Fedora. (I say apparently, because we are mostly trusting that the Fedora lorax template[1] is correct, which lists it)

However, ppc64-utils requires powerpc-utils which includes a dependency on Perl to support /sbin/rtas_dump and /sbin/hvcsadmin. We do not want to pull Perl into the base-runtime (because we would have to maintain it with the base-runtime's lifecycle).

It's possible that these utilities are not in fact needed for installation or booting, in which case we'll just drop them from the base-runtime. However, if they are needed (such as during initramfs creation or something), we need to figure out if we can split out those two executables into a subpackage to avoid pulling in Perl.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
powerpc-utils-1.3.3-1.fc26


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[1] https://github.com/rhinstaller/lorax/blob/master/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2017-10-10 15:38:29 UTC 
powerpc-utils-1.3.4-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-3affdadfbc
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-10-11 06:29:40 UTC 
powerpc-utils-1.3.4-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-3affdadfbc
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-10-11 15:28:25 UTC 
powerpc-utils-1.3.4-2.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-3affdadfbc
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-10-13 06:22:45 UTC 
powerpc-utils-1.3.4-2.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-3affdadfbc
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-11-15 17:39:47 UTC 
powerpc-utils-1.3.4-2.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.