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Bug 1849418

Summary:	python3-lib389 pulls unnecessary bash-completion package
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Tomasz Kepczynski <tomek>
Component:	389-ds-base	Assignee:	mreynolds
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	RHDS QE <ds-qe-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.2	CC:	pasik, spichugi, tbordaz, vashirov
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	8.0	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	389-ds-1.4-8030020200805152009.618f7055	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Clones:	1862170 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2020-11-04 03:08:03 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1862170

Description Tomasz Kepczynski 2020-06-21 14:24:10 UTC

Description of problem:
bash-completion is pulled by python3-lib389 package:

eskel:~# rpm -q --whatrequires bash-completion
python3-lib389-1.4.2.4-8.module_el8.2.0+366+71e3276f.noarch

but looking on the list of the files provided by this package (rpm -ql python3-lib389) there is no indication that it provides any file which may be needed or used by bash-completion package. This breaks bash users' experience as it includes unneeded and often annoying bash completion commands and cannot be easily rectified by an end user (bash-completion needs to be forcefully removed by an administrator).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python3-lib389-1.4.2.4-8.module_el8.2.0+366+71e3276f.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
dnf module enable idm:DL1
dnf install ipa-server-dns

Actual results:
bash-completion is NOT installed

Expected results:
bash-completion is pulled in unnecessarily

Additional info:
I really don't understand why bash completion is pulled in. As mentioned above there is NO indication this package provides any completions so WHY???
See also bugzilla #1582830
Disclosure: found on CentOS 8.2 (possibly also exists on 8.1). I don't have access to RHEL 8.2 at the moment but if needed can crosscheck this later.

Comment 1 mreynolds 2020-06-21 22:32:38 UTC

bash-completion is for the Directory Server CLI tools (dsconf, dsctl, dscreate, and dsidm).

In newer versions of 389-ds-base bash-completion is a "Recommends" package via the specfile, it is not a requirement.  The current version you are running it is set as a requirement, but that requirement will be removed (changed to "Recommends") in the next 8.2 build.  It's already changed in 8.3...

Comment 6 Viktor Ashirov 2020-08-07 07:44:37 UTC

Build tested: 389-ds-base-1.4.3.8-5.module+el8.3.0+7569+08175a8a.x86_64

bash-completion is now recommended, not required:

rpm -q --recommends python3-lib389 
bash-completion

It is installed by default if weak dependencies are enabled:
dnf install 389-ds-base -y
...
Installing weak dependencies:
 bash-completion                                noarch                   1:2.7-5.el8                                                 rhel8
...


Which can be disabled with 

dnf --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install 389-ds-base

Marking as VERIFIED.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 03:08:03 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 (389-ds:1.4 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/RHEA-2020:4695