On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 09:41:28AM -0500, Matt Fahrner wrote: > This is essentially what we're doing, however it requires a regenerating > a package list and remodifying the "comps" file for every OS release. > > - Matt Its a pain (we do it here), but I don't see a way out- Red Hat changes the package list, adding, deleteing, splitting, packages every "major" release. (Rightfully so - thats not a dig on RH - they have to.) I do not recall any major heartburn (for me) between 6.1 and 6.2 here. > > liefting@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > >Well, it can be a pain and we have to do it each time a new OS release > > >comes out. Its definitely ugly. It makes the kickstart file ugly. > > > > Assuming that you are kickstarting from a networked server, why not change > > the comps file. Modify @ Base, create an @ Almost Everything, create a @ > > Local for local packages and so forth. This allows you to customize > > everything. Don't forget to run genhdlist (or whatever that command was) > > after changing the comps file. > > > > - Wouter. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. > Manager of Networking Willis House > Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 > TEL: (603) 448-4100 xt 5150 USA > FAX: (603) 443-6190 Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- Hunter Matthews Unix / Network Administrator Office: BioScience 222/244 Duke Univ. Biology Department Key: F0F88438 / FFB5 34C0 B350 99A4 BB02 9779 A5DB 8B09 F0F8 8438 Never take candy from strangers. Especially on the internet.
