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Bug 868376 - Dependency on groff defeats split of groff into groff and groff-base
Summary: Dependency on groff defeats split of groff into groff and groff-base
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: less
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Bříza
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-19 16:16 UTC by Matthew Miller
Modified: 2012-12-20 15:00 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-12-20 15:00:48 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Matthew Miller 2012-10-19 16:16:04 UTC 
Description of problem:

The groff-base package contains only necessary parts of groff formatting
system which are required to display manual pages, and the groff's default
display device (PostScript).

But, less requires groff itself. Since man-db requires less, the net result is that 


I tested this with a minimal install, and removing the "groff" package (as long as "groff-base" is installed, of course) has no impact on either man or less's ability to display man pages.




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

less-444-5.fc17.src.rpm
Comment 1 Matthew Miller 2012-10-19 16:27:18 UTC 
(Uh, "the net result is that installing man pulls in both groff and groff-base.")
Comment 2 Martin Bříza 2012-10-25 15:47:36 UTC 
You're right, groff has about 4MB in size so the difference will be noticeable.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-10-25 15:51:38 UTC 
less-444-6.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/less-444-6.fc17
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-10-25 15:55:57 UTC 
less-444-9.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/less-444-9.fc18
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-10-26 19:33:36 UTC 
Package less-444-9.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing less-444-9.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16892/less-444-9.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-12-20 15:00:52 UTC 
less-444-6.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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