On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Jeremy Katz wrote: > On Monday, November 20 2000, Matt Fahrner said: > > > How do you make it so kickstart/install doesn't install RPMs listed in > > the "comps" file simply by alphabetic order? We have our own company > > specific packages that we've prefixed with "bcf" that we add to the > > "@ Base" section. However, regardless of where we put them in the > > "@ Base" section because they start with "b" they load earlier than most > > packages, some of which they depend on. We've taken to renaming them > > "zbcf" (eg: zbcf-commoncron-1.1-1.i386.rpm), but that's ugly. Is there a > > better way? > > If your rpm requires that a package be installed prior to it being > installed, then it must have a Prereq: set for the needed package. A > prereq will ensure that the packages get installed prior to instead of > just in the same RPM trasnsaction set. can you give an example of this? i checked the "comps" file for an example, but i'm not surprised that there isn't one in there. so what's the syntax? rday
