[Mageia-dev] [RFC] debloating minimal system

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 14 September 2011 14:23, Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Automatic dependencies computing result... The algorithm used here can't
>> figure if a module used anywhere in the source is always used, or only in
>> specific occasion.
>>
>> I see two potential links that could get turned in soft dependencies here:
>> - urpmi ->  perl-Hal-Cdroms, but urpmi should probably get modified to
>> ensure a graceful failure if the user tries to use a cdrom, while
>> Hal::Cdroms is not installed.
>
> It's already a suggests and urpmi already handles smoothly its absence.
> But we could remove altogether that suggests and only install it in case
> of DVD install.

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