Description of problem: It's not clear why dracut requires elfutils-libelf (especially as that's a library-only package). Also, dracut requires binutils, apparently only for /usr/bin/nm. It could be redone to use eu-nm from elfutils, which could theoretically save some space. (Might be over-optimizing, though.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dracut-005-3.fc13.noarch How reproducible: 100%
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: > > It's not clear why dracut requires elfutils-libelf (especially as that's a > library-only package). true, might be some old crufty requirement > > Also, dracut requires binutils, apparently only for /usr/bin/nm. It could be > redone to use eu-nm from elfutils, which could theoretically save some space. > (Might be over-optimizing, though.) hmm, binutils is required anyway for "strip". And "nm" is not copied over to the initramfs. So it would not be a saving.
dracut-005-4.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-005-4.fc13
dracut-005-4.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-005-4.fc12
dracut-005-4.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update dracut'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-005-4.fc12
dracut-005-5.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
dracut-005-5.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.