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+# RHEL 8.4: Update rhel-84 distro to better match RHEL 8.3
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+This restores net-tools to the default package set.
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+In RHEL8.3 cloud-init depended on net-tools, but in RHEL8.4,
+the dependency was dropped. We still want net-tools in the
+default package set, so add the dependency explicitly.
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