On 7/27/05, Oisin Mulvihill <oisin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > The kickstart file was also useful as it told me some of the things > I didn't install from the sections I selected. You need this when > editing the comps.xml. Once I had the list of rpms I needed, I then > needed to make sure I had the rpms listed in the upd-instroot program. > I had to take all those listed in the PACKAGE section as the distro > wouldn't build without them. I wasn't able to narrow it down as it > took a long time to build, and I didn't have much time left on the > project in question. Once I'd done all this then the normal > genhdlist, etc worked and I had my single disk install. > > It would be really nice if there was a simple working python program > that could work the dependacies and tell you what you didn't need. > The web install, kickstart and manual comps.xml editing really was > a hack to get what I wanted. It would be really nice if you could > feed the kickstart file in and get a comps.xml and rpm ist out. > > I was looking at trying to write one to do it. I'm just not sure where > to get the docs for the python/redhat modules that the > "getnotincomps.py" > use. > > > All the best, > > om > > > On 27 Jul 2005, at 14:46, Martin Muench wrote: > > > Thats ok, but you can also find all installed packages at > > /root/install.log > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Oisin Mulvihill [dontgivespamachance] > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2005 14:48 > > An: Manilal K M > > Cc: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Betreff: Re: KeyError while running getnotincomps.py > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 27 Jul 2005, at 12:26, Manilal K M wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > I am trying to customize FC4. My aim is to provide a subset of FC4 > > with a limited no of packages. I have edited the comps.xml and when I > > run getnotincomps.py it cause an error. The command and the complete > > output is given below: > > [root@ost2 kairali-1.2]# /usr/share/comps-extras/getnotincomps.py > > /home/kairali-1.2 i386 Fedora/base > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/share/comps-extras/getnotincomps.py", line 58, in ? > > main() > > File "/usr/share/comps-extras/getnotincomps.py", line 47, in main > > for pkg in comps.packages[name].dependencies: > > KeyError: 'iiimf-server' > > > > > > What could be wrong? > > Any help will be appreciated > > regards > > Manilal > > > > > > I was trying to produce a customised single disk distribution. I > > couldn't > > get the getnotincomps.py to work at all. I wanted it to tell me what I > > didn't need in my distro. I never solved this problem but Dan Trainor > > made an excellent suggestion. Do a web install then look at the web log > > for the rpms that got installed. I did this from a local machine and > > this combined with some other things worked well for me. > > > > > > I'm still interested in finding out how to get getnotincomps.py to > > work. > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > om > > > > > > > > Oisin Mulvihill wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > dvd isn't an option at the moment and won't happen at all for the > > existing 70+ kiosks I have at present. > > > > > > My main problem is I follow the process to produce the distro, > > but I can't get the tools show me the rpms I don't need. I don't > > know whether my comps.xml is the problem or its just a problem > > with the getnotincomps.py. The getnotincomps.py seems to be failing > > because it can't find dependancies for each package in I mention > > in the comps.xml. Why this is the case I don't know as getfullcomps.py > > seems to be working fine along with the other stages up to running > > getnotincomps.py. > > > > > > Does anyone have more detailed instructions for producing a single > > disk install with anaconda? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Hello, Oisin - > > > > > > What I've been doing, is an HTTP-based kickstart, parsing the logs of > > the files that were downloaded for the install that I had configured, > > then simply copied those files and only those files to by "real" RPMS/ > > directory. > > > > > > I realize that you don't want to do network kickstart installs for all > > these kiosks. What I'm saying is, at least do a single HTTP-based > > install, watch your web server logs, find out which RPMs and only which > > RPMs are installed by your kickstart configuration, and use those and > > only those RPMs in your RPMS/ archive. > > > > > > I've never, to this day, gotten getnotincomps.py to work. > > > > > > Hope this helps > > -dant > > > > I think we have to consult Mr. Jeremy Katz who is the author of the script. regards manilal
