FS#59834 - [linux][linux-firmware] Make linux-firmware an optional dependency
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Opened by Leonid Isaev (lisaev) - Monday, 27 August 2018, 18:12 GMT
Last edited by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Friday, 11 October 2019, 18:46 GMT
Opened by Leonid Isaev (lisaev) - Monday, 27 August 2018, 18:12 GMT
Last edited by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Friday, 11 October 2019, 18:46 GMT
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Currently, core/linux has core/linux-firmware as a hard
dependency. However, the latter is not always needed. For
example, in a virtual machine of when the hardware does not
require any additional firmware blobs. Moreover,
linux-firmware is quite large -- about 300 MB. To get rid of
it, right now the only way is to do pacman -Rdd and then
always update with --assume-installed linux-firmware...
So, is it possible to make linux optionally depend on linux-firmware and include the latter in the base group? This way, both will be installed as a part of a new installation, but later l-f could be cleanly removed. Thanks. |
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Closed by Jelle van der Waa (jelly)
Friday, 11 October 2019, 18:46 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: linux-firmware is now an optional dependency
Friday, 11 October 2019, 18:46 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: linux-firmware is now an optional dependency