New comment by q66 on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/16098#issuecomment-551354523 Comment: `kpartx` is required by `90multipath` and `90dmraid` modules and is a hard dependency in both e.g. debian and the official rpm .spec file (plus it's rather tiny), `e2fsprogs` is a hard dep in debian but not in the .spec, it's used by multiple modules but i guess mostly optionally.