We thought about that (in fact I mentioned it before) but it sounds, well, ugly. At this point I'm willing to try to add the code to kickstart. I think that though it may not be well used, it could be handy for at times for people. I don't just mean for people who want to load "Everything", but also those who might want to not load something from "Base" or another package group but leave the "comps" file fundimentally unedited. Thanks, - Matt liefting@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > And how about just: > > %packages > @ Everything > > %post > rpm -e linuxconf > rpm -e kudzu > > Sure, this will take a little more time, and you need to worry about > dependencies. But you are a little more flexible this way. > > - Wouter. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Wouter Liefting > Curriculum Owner Linux > IBM Learning Services > Tel. +31 (0)20 513 5057 > Fax. +31 (0)20 513 2322 > Internet: liefting@xxxxxxxxxx > > Matt Fahrner <Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx> on 21-11-2000 20:02:57 > > Please respond to kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > cc: > Subject: Re: Kickstart questions > > Actually, that's the change I was asking for - make it so it's not a > pain, nor does would have to be regenerated. If you could select > "Everything" and then de-select the few packages you don't want then the > deselect list would be comparatively static to the huge > pseudo-Everything list we currently generate. > > The question I have for RedHat is if I were to generate the changes > necessary to allow deselection of packages in the "%packages" section > would RedHat be willing to consider adding the code to the permanent > kickstart implimentation? > > - Matt > > Hunter Matthews wrote: > > > > 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. 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