On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 16:50, rpjday wrote: > On 27 Nov 2001, Jeremy Katz wrote: > > > mk-images itself creates the installer images under base (with help from > > upd-instroot) > > ok, here's one more question that will fill in a large part of the > picture for me. > > if i wanted to, i could rewrite the anaconda RPM to make major changes > in the install process, such as adding a whole new screen, adding > another install class, etc. clearly, this would involve changing > some of the python code in that RPM. > > when i run "buildinstall", which eventually runs "mk-images", does > this build the installer images based on the contents of the > anaconda RPM that it finds in the RPMS/ directory? > > in other words, could i make mods to the anaconda RPM, rebundle it > back into RPM form, and have buildinstall create the images based > on my changes? Exactly. Preferably making your changes to the anaconda package in the form of a patch in the src.rpm and rebuilding with a different release tag. See ftp://kickstart.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit/7.2/SRPMS/RealmKit/anaconda-7.2-7ncsu.src.rpm for a simple example of this. Cheers, Jeremy
