You might want to look at http://kickstart-tools.sourceforge.net/ It has a script ks_updates that might just do what you are looking for. AR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Deragon" <hans@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Are there any scripts to generate an updated Kickstart image? > Greetings. > > > When running kickstart using NFS, one has to create a directory where all the > RPMs can be found. getfullcomps.py and genhdlist are used to generate the > metadata a few data files required for anaconda to install the rpms. > > What I am looking for are scripts that replaces old RPMs in such a directory > with more recent ones and regenerate the data files. The idea is that after > downloading the updates everynight, the kickstart image directory is also > updated so that no RPMs needs to be upgraded after an install (well, until the > next openssh security advisory comes up. :) ) > > Writting the scripts is easy, but I just want to know if anything already > exist before reinventing the wheel. > > Someone told me on fedora-list that this has already been discussed on the > anaconda-devel-list, but I could not find any references in the archives (bad > search keywords?). If it was discussed, please provide good search keywords or > links to pertaining threads. > > > Best regards, > Hans Deragon > -- > Consultant en informatique/Software Consultant > Deragon Informatique inc. Open source: > http://www.deragon.biz http://swtmvcwrapper.sourceforge.net > mailto://hans@xxxxxxxxxxx http://autopoweroff.sourceforge.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list >
