set -e
-# XXX Distro-dependent in future.
-excludes="--exclude '^perl' --exclude '^python' --exclude '^fedora-logos' --exclude '^redhat-logos' --exclude '^dracut' --exclude '^upstart' --exclude '^plymouth' --exclude '^systemd' --exclude '^linux-firmware' --exclude '^kbd-misc'"
+# Turn excludelist file into command line arguments.
+exec 5<excludelist
+while read regexp <&5; do
+ excludes="$excludes --exclude $regexp"
+done
+exec 5<&-
# Run febootstrap on the package list.
if [ "x@FEBOOTSTRAP_YUM_CONFIG@" != "xno" ]; then