On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:41:59 -0400 Alexander Rau [Alexander] wrote: Alexander> > o. Given a list of rpms, how do I satisfy their dependencies? Alexander> Alexander> I found the kickstart-tools utilities most helpful in my process of making a Alexander> custom distro. You can find them at http://kickstart-tools.sourceforge.net/ Alexander> Alexander> Another tool I same accross is rpm-analyzer at Alexander> http://www.maisondubonheur.com/rpm-analyzer/ Haven't really played around Alexander> with it much though. It looks like it could do the trick. if you get trouble with this one, please contact me ;-) Alexander> Alexander> > o. What files are required by anaconda to get things installed? Alexander> Alexander> I think you need these anaconda packages (also a rquirement for the Alexander> kickstart-tools utilities) Alexander> -anaconda-runtime-9.0-4.i386.rpm Alexander> -anaconda-9.0-4.i386.rpm Alexander> Alexander> If you want to rebuild anaconda (which I am trying to do right now with the Alexander> help of this board) you will need the src rpms Alexander> -anaconda-9.0-4.src.rpm well you could have a look to the 'supported' group in comps.xml (RH9). check the upd-instroot script too, there are listed packages used during the installation process. some are not really needed some no more exists but it may help you. from upd-instroot (quickly checked): -//- PACKAGES="glibc glibc-common setup openssl python python2 newt slang libtermcap zlib ash e2fsprogs util-linux raidtools popt procps rpm XFree86 Xconfigurator anaconda anaconda-runtime kudzu hwdata bzip2 bzip2-libs dosfstools pciutils reiserfs-utils parted sed busybox-anaconda rpm-python booty hdparm lvm rhpl pyxf86config libxml2 libxml2-python glib2 elfutils-libelf bogl-bterm bogl krb5-libs convertdb1" if [ $ARCH = i386 -o $ARCH = x86_64 ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES kernel-pcmcia-cs kernel-utils" fi if [ $ARCH = ia64 ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES elilo" fi if [ $ARCH = s390 -o $ARCH = s390x ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES s390utils oco binutils s390installer pdksh wget net-tools inetd openssh openssh-server coreutils modutils initscripts gawk xauth portmap telnet-server login ssh_keys" fi [...] # Some packages are listed twice, but that's okay # # The packages in this list are needed for the graphical installer to run # # Extra stuff we want for rescue mode should go in PACKAGESRESCUE # PACKAGESGR="anaconda XFree86-libs libpng XFree86-75dpi-fonts XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts gtk2 XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts esound audiofile libgnome XFree86-100dpi-fonts fonts-ISO8859-2 fonts-ISO8859-9 XFree86-xfs e2fsprogs coreutils glibc glibc-common readline popt specspo util-linux rpm procps ncurses bash cpio XFree86 Xconfigurator gnome-python2 pygtk2 gdk-pixbuf XFree86-KOI8-R XFree86-KOI8-R-75dpi-fonts pam reiserfs-utils atk pango freetype gnome-python2-canvas libgnomecanvas libart_lgpl expat anaconda-images anaconda-help XFree86-base-fonts ttfonts-ko taipeifonts XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts rhpl redhat-config-keyboard Xft fontconfig redhat-artwork ttfonts-ja ttfonts-zh_TW bitmap-fonts-cjk urw-fonts comps-extras XFree86-libs-data convertdb1" # # stuff ONLY included for rescue mode # # these packages are combined with the PACKAGES and PACKAGESGR for big stage 2 # PACKAGESRESCUE="bzip2 bzip2-libs dump findutils ftp gzip iputils joe krb5-libs less man mdadm modutils mtools mt-st mtr net-tools open openssh openssh-clients pciutils rsh traceroute tar" -//- this is what I get in my RH9 upd-instroot, it might be quite the same on RH8 and 7x since you can see here the Xconfigurator package which was renamed before RH8 ... cheers, -- Alain
