Re: util-linux missing from build root

[Mike McGrath <mmcgrath redhat com>]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:14:35 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
>
>   
> > > Conclusively, if the expanded "FullExceptionList" cannot be relied
> > > on anymore, the minimal list is useless. Packages like sed, tar, gawk
> > > suddenly cannot be expected anymore to be available in the buildroot.
> > > This sucks.
> > >       
> > So help us come up with a better hard list of packages, so that the
> > explicit list is more useful and we don't have to worry about implicit
> > changes, instead of just whining about it on a mailing list.
> >     
>
> I'm not whining, but pointing out flaws which -- surprisingly -- meet
> resistance.
>
> With the full list deleted, coreutils, bash and many other fundamental
> packages are not guaranteed to be available in the default buildroot
> anymore. It is beyond my comprehension that somebody claims everything
> would be fine.
>   
There must be a miscommunication here.  Bash is on the list that will 
always be there:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Exceptions

As far as the 'full list deletee' it never should have been created in 
the first place as it created an incorrect expectation of what would be 
there.
> You want a fix? Join the old minimal list and the expanded list to
> build a new list. Keep the combined list unchanged and under control
> of FESCo. That's the defined minimal list of BR which need not be
> added to spec files.
>   
Sounds fine to me, I like gawk :)  Anyone care to own this and take it 
to the FESCo?

   -Mike