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OL8 linux-firmware update introduces new dependency not available in baseos
The newest OL8 linux-firmware package has gained a dependency on
/usr/bin/python3 (from the two new included python scripts as far as
we can tell, /usr/lib/firmware/build_packages.py and
/usr/lib/firmware/contrib/process_linux_firmware.py) which is a
problem because the packages that provide the python3 binary are not
in the BaseOS repo but are, instead, in the Appstream repository.
Steps to reproduce:
From OL8: dnf --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ol8_baseos_latest repoclosure --nobest --arch x86_64 --arch noarch --check ol8_baseos_latest
The new scripts appear to only be used by maintainers and can likely be removed during %install so they are not delivered in the rpm.
With an update from the upstream linux-firmware repo, we didn't realize that some Python scripts were added to the distribution.
Our fix is going to be switching these to use platform-python which is the EL8 "system Python 3" component which is in BaseOS. That will happen at next resync from upstream linux-firmware, which may be in several months. (EL9 reverted back to having a python3 package in BaseOS so it's not a problem there.)
Any workaround for this? Seeing it when trying to build a OL8 packer template.
As noted above:
That will happen at next resync from upstream linux-firmware, which may be in several months.
The fix will be released during the next linux-firmware QA cycle (it's a big package, so there is a lot to test). We cannot provide ETAs.