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Description of problem: The avahi-ui-tools contains both binary and library. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.6.25-8.el6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. N/A 2. 3. Actual results: I should be able to get the python avahi bindings in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/avahi without having to pull gtk and it's dependencies in. i.e. this is bad/wrong: Installing: avahi-ui-tools x86_64 0.6.25-8.el6 /avahi-ui-tools-0.6.25-8.el6.x86_64 73 k Installing for dependencies: atk x86_64 1.28.0-2.el6 base 191 k avahi x86_64 0.6.25-8.el6 base 216 k avahi-glib x86_64 0.6.25-8.el6 base 19 k avahi-libs x86_64 0.6.25-8.el6 base 53 k avahi-ui x86_64 0.6.25-8.el6 base 31 k cairo x86_64 1.8.8-3.1.el6 base 309 k cups-libs x86_64 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 updates 313 k fontconfig x86_64 2.8.0-3.el6 base 186 k freetype x86_64 2.3.11-6.el6_0.2 updates 359 k gtk2 x86_64 2.18.9-4.el6 base 3.3 M hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.11-1.1.el6 base 40 k jasper-libs x86_64 1.900.1-15.el6 base 137 k libICE x86_64 1.0.6-1.el6 base 53 k libSM x86_64 1.1.0-7.1.el6 base 26 k libXcomposite x86_64 0.4.1-2.el6 base 17 k libXcursor x86_64 1.1.10-2.el6 base 32 k libXdamage x86_64 1.1.2-1.el6 base 16 k libXext x86_64 1.1-3.el6 base 33 k libXfixes x86_64 4.0.4-1.el6 base 19 k libXft x86_64 2.1.13-4.1.el6 base 49 k libXi x86_64 1.3-3.el6 base 32 k libXinerama x86_64 1.1-1.el6 base 15 k libXrandr x86_64 1.3.0-4.el6 base 30 k libXrender x86_64 0.9.5-1.el6 base 27 k libdaemon x86_64 0.14-1.el6 base 28 k libglade2 x86_64 2.6.4-3.1.el6 base 60 k libjpeg x86_64 6b-46.el6 base 134 k libpng x86_64 2:1.2.44-1.el6 base 180 k libthai x86_64 0.1.12-3.el6 base 183 k libtiff x86_64 3.9.4-1.el6_0.3 updates 342 k pango x86_64 1.28.1-3.el6_0.5 updates 351 k pixman x86_64 0.18.4-1.el6_0.1 updates 146 k pycairo x86_64 1.8.6-2.1.el6 base 172 k pygobject2 x86_64 2.20.0-5.el6 base 172 k pygtk2 x86_64 2.16.0-3.el6 base 986 k pygtk2-libglade x86_64 2.16.0-3.el6 base 22 k tigervnc x86_64 1.0.90-0.10.20100115svn3945.el6 base 245 k xml-common noarch 0.6.3-32.el6 base 9.5 k when all I want is the contents of /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/avahi. Expected results: Similar to Debian/Ubuntu's python-avahi package: $ dpkg -L python-avahi /. /usr /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/python-avahi /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/README /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/copyright /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/examples /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/examples/avahi-bookmarks.gz /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/NEWS.gz /usr/share/doc/python-avahi/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/pyshared /usr/share/pyshared/avahi /usr/share/pyshared/avahi/__init__.py /usr/share/pyshared/avahi/ServiceTypeDatabase.py /usr/share/python-support /usr/share/python-support/python-avahi.public which avahi-ui-tools should then depend on. Additional info:
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Yep, this makes sense. Same thing was done in Fedora while ago. Should be easy to backport.
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, 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0793.html