Bug 2083386

Summary:	ansible-core requires git instead of lighter-weight git-core
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Ken Dreyer (Red Hat) <kdreyer>
Component:	ansible-core	Assignee:	Dimitri Savineau <dsavinea>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jeff Needle <jneedle>
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Priority:	low
Version:	CentOS Stream	CC:	bstinson, jwboyer, myllynen
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
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OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2022-11-15 09:52:23 UTC	Type:	Enhancement
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Description Ken Dreyer (Red Hat) 2022-05-09 21:23:25 UTC

Description of problem:
"yum install ansible-core" installs "git", which pulls in Perl.

It would be better to only depend on "git-core", which does not pull in Perl.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ansible-core-2.12.4-1.el9

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start with a minimal el9 environment: podman run -it --rm centos:stream9
2. yum install ansible-core
3. Note the dependencies

Actual results:
"yum install ansible-core" installs "git", which pulls in Perl.

Expected results:
"yum install ansible-core" installs "git-core". Perl is not installed as a result.

Comment 1 Dimitri Savineau 2022-05-13 16:22:26 UTC

Thanks Ken for reporting that.

I don't see why we shouldn't switch to git-core so I'm +1 for that.

However, I'm trying to understand why we have git as a dependency in first place. I don't really see why we have a dependency on that (maybe legacy stuff).
AFAIK the only thing requiring the git binaries is the git module but in that case we don't need that package on the ansible controller (via the spec file), only on the remote node.
I'll try to get more information about that but we either have to switch to git-core or remove that dep.

Comment 2 Dimitri Savineau 2022-05-13 20:05:57 UTC

So git binaries are mandatory for ansible-galaxy for installing collections/roles from a git repository so let's switch to git-core

Comment 7 Dimitri Savineau 2022-08-15 15:06:37 UTC

*** Bug 2118302 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 09:52:23 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (ansible-core bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:7956