initscripts needs /sbin/blkid, which is now in util-linux-ng as of 2.15.1-0.1 the current requires: is util-linux >= 2.10s-11 which isn't new enough to have the blkid util. -Eric
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=e5ddc1517ef4db221b72cc642f8c93ac321b3343 Given that we don't really care about the version, might as well just require the file.