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Package kernel-3.3.1-2.fc16.x86_64 requires linux-firmware >= ('0', '20120206', '0.1.git06c8f81') Package kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64 requires linux-firmware >= ('0', '20120206', '0.1.git06c8f81') can we please have removed this dependency? virtual servers are perfectly happy without found this by try to remove the package where yum did not complain about deps, stress-testet some server and removed the package finally from all installations i found this warning only by randomly "package-cleanup --problems"
(In reply to comment #0) > Package kernel-3.3.1-2.fc16.x86_64 requires linux-firmware >= ('0', '20120206', > '0.1.git06c8f81') > Package kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64 requires linux-firmware >= ('0', > '20120206', '0.1.git06c8f81') > > can we please have removed this dependency? No. It's not bogus. > virtual servers are perfectly happy without That might be true, but the bnx2 and bnx2x drivers that come in the 3.2 and newer kernels require the firmware in the version of linux-firmware specified. Without it, they don't work. Also, the firmware for the newly open sourced ATI drivers is contained in there and would be required for anyone using one of those cards.
ok, solved it with a meta-package [root@buildserver:~]$ cat /rpmbuild/SPECS/linux-firmware-dummy.spec %global checkout 06c8f81 Summary: metapackage to satisfy kernel-dependencies on vmware-servers Name: linux-firmware-dummy Version: 20120206 Release: 0.1.git%{checkout}%{?dist} BuildArch: noarch Group: System Environment/Libraries URL: http://www.thelounge.net/ License: GPL BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) Provides: linux-firmware = %{version} Provides: kernel-firmware = %{version} %description metapackage to satisfy kernel-dependencies on vmware-servers %install rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} %files %clean rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} %changelog * Wed Apr 11 2012 Reindl Harald <h.reindl> - initial build