-# mkfedora runs either yum-arch or createrepo on that directory.
-mkfedora -v -r $releasever -a $basearch -g PlanetLab $VROOT
+# mkfedora runs either yum-arch or createrepo on that directory. dev
+# is specified explicitly because of a stupid bug in its %post script
+# that causes its installation to fail; see the mkfedora script for a
+# full explanation. coreutils is specified explicitly because
+# groupinstall does not honor Requires(pre) dependencies properly, and
+# most %pre scripts require coreutils to be installed first.
+mkfedora -v -r $releasever -a $basearch -p dev -p coreutils -g PlanetLab $VROOT