Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 243491
Grub depends on gtk2
Last modified: 2008-06-16 21:31:14 EDT
Description of problem: Grub has an indirect dependency on gtk2 this way: gtk2->gtk2-engines->grub->redhat-artwork->fedora-logos->grub This is unnecessary, the whole dependency chain is for the /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz file. This should be put to the grub package, or a separate rpm. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: try to yum remove gtk2 -> it want to deinstall grub. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
*** Bug 246381 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I second this. All the gtk stuff for a headless server is a big waste! Will the dependency be removed from grub?
Alternatively, if the artwork people want to keep everything in one location, can grub just not display a background picture if the fedora-logos package is not installed? On some devices this could be a big space saver.
FWIW, this dependency seems to have gone away in Fedora 8 - after an upgrade, I was able to remove gtk2 and friends from my servers without breaking grub.
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