If the scripts are marked as executable, RPM magic will scan them for dependencies, which can pull in python2 for the python3 package --- Taken from this commit by a fedora packager: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/libvirt-python.git/commit/?id=787... libvirt-python.spec.in | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/libvirt-python.spec.in b/libvirt-python.spec.in index 8a21003..3021ebd 100644 --- a/libvirt-python.spec.in +++ b/libvirt-python.spec.in @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). %prep %setup -q +# Unset execute bit for example scripts; it can introduce spurious +# RPM dependencies, like /usr/bin/python which can pull in python2 +# for the -python3 package +find examples -type f -exec chmod 0644 \{\} \; + %build CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python} setup.py build %if %{with_python3} -- 2.7.3