On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:01:08PM +0100, chris walker wrote: > Hi, > > Im trying to install perl as part of a kickstart distro of 7.1 on an i386. > its in the package list correctly but it is simply ommited. > perl dependent packages can be installed, (i.e.perl-DBI-1.14.rpm) even > tho perl is not present. > maybe a bug in the perl-5.6.0-12 rpm or a compatabilty issue with that > and anaconda ? > Im going to try it with a different perl package version. and see if > this helps. > > On a seperate issue, kickstart seems to install many unwanted packages. > for exapmle. i dont have "at" or "timeconfig" in my ks.cfg file but they > get installed. > i dont know why, but one commonality between them is that they both > require fileutils, which is installed. > Maybe ive missed something here but it seems odd. > I dont have any @base or other package arrays in my config. I believe @base is implied. If you don't want to include these packages you will have to modify comps etc. Chuck Moss
