mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:46:12AM -0600, joseph.r.bezouska@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> 1. glibc-common >> >> 2. hwdata >> >> 3. redhat-menus >> >> 4. setup >> >> 5. filesystem >> >> 6. basesystem >> Thanks -- long term, a custom CD is likely the goal. >> Short term, it's curiousity about what is "sepcial" >> about these 3. > >Simple -- basesystem requires setup and filesystem, so those go before that. >glibc-common, hwdata, and redhat-menus don't require anything at all, so >there's no particular reason to order them anywhere special, so first is as >good as any. > > >> Why these and not, just for sake of example, >> say bdflush? > >bdflush requires glibc. > > >-- >Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> >Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> thanks very much -- this makes good sense. some simple tests bore it out: added the following carefully selected RPMs to the 8.0 Base/Core install, making sure they were on CD #1: - modutils-devel (req's nothing; nothing in Base whatreq's) - gnome-vfs2 (req's the following) - gnome-mime-data (req's nothing; above whatreq's) [ BTW, great thanks to anaconda-runtime's pkgorder utility for finding this last one -- seems the only one like that on CD #1 besides glibc-common, hwdata, and redhat-menus -- better than churning manually thru comps ] found: 1. modutils-devel installs (nearly) last 2. gnome-mime-data floats up and installs (in alpha order) first right along with the original RPMs of question: 1. glibc-common 2. gnome-mime-data 3. hwdata 4. redhat-menus 5. setup 6. filesystem 7. basesystem so, stuff with no req's and with no whatreq's float down to the bottom (naturally), while stuff with no req's but with whatreq's float way up to top (even before basesystem, which I did not expect and was tripping me up). good that Red Hat Linux observes Occam's Razor, though. thanks again. This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.
