I've got problems with my kickstart cd also not installing perl, anyone have ideas why it's not getting installed? It is listed as a package in the config file, does that conflict with @base? Dan On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Chuck Moss wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- ======================== Daniel Wittenberg System Administrator University of Iowa http://dan.its.uiowa.edu
