-# 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
+# full explanation. coreutils and python are specified explicitly
+# because groupinstall does not honor Requires(pre) dependencies
+# properly, most %pre scripts require coreutils to be installed first,
+# and some of our %post scripts require python.
+mkfedora -v -r $releasever -a $basearch -p dev -p coreutils -p python -g PlanetLab $VROOT