Using %packages --excludedocs in kickstart with RHEL 7.0 does not exclude docs

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Issue

  • Used kickstart to install a RHEL 7.0 system with %packages --excludedocs as described in the Installation Guide
    Documentation was not excluded
    Server output:

    [root@rhel70 ~]# grep ^%packages anaconda-ks.cfg
%packages --excludedocs
[root@rhel70 ~]# mandb &>/dev/null
[root@rhel70 ~]# whatis bash
bash (1)             - GNU Bourne-Again SHell
[root@rhel70 ~]# whatis ps
ps (1)               - report a snapshot of the current processes.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0

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