Bug 1387684 - systemd hard dependency on udev
Summary: systemd hard dependency on udev
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: systemd
Version: 7.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-21 14:33 UTC by Frantisek Kluknavsky
Modified: 2020-12-15 07:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-12-15 07:48:23 UTC
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Description Frantisek Kluknavsky 2016-10-21 14:33:14 UTC 
Description of problem:
Current systemd rpm has a lot of dependencies. One of the more striking examples is kmod depending in turn on udev. That makes container images with systemd huge with unnecessary data.
Comment 2 Michal Sekletar 2016-10-24 07:25:28 UTC 
(In reply to Frantisek Kluknavsky from comment #0)
> That makes container images with systemd huge with unnecessary data.

Any concrete numbers? Anyhow, systemd-udevd is now a subpackage in Fedora. I figure we could package it the same way for RHEL too.
Comment 3 Frantisek Kluknavsky 2016-10-24 10:17:43 UTC 
dnf --installroot=somewhere install systemd -> 335M
(reported by du. size reported by yum -> 285M)
after removing locale and yum cache -> 235M
size of unpacked rhel base image -> about 200M
size of gzipped rhel base image -> about 70M
/etc/udev + /usr/lib/udev -> 12M
Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2020-12-15 07:48:23 UTC 
After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.
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