On 17 Apr 2002, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "PM" == Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > PM> Yes, the dependencies are what makes up the pkgorder file. But the > PM> order in which packages get installed is solely based on > PM> dependencies and where there are no relevant dependencies the > PM> order is alphaphetical if memory serves, the pkgorder-stuff is > PM> only relevant to making iso-images. > > I have never made an ISO image; I do all of my installs via HTTP with > all packages in a single directory. Yet if I do not build the hdlist > file with a proper pkgorder file, things will not work properly. > > You seem intent on telling me things that run contrary to my actual > experiences. I could be completely off base, but I have solved > several installation problems simply by running pkgorder and giving > the result to genhdlist instead of just running genhdlist. Well.. I've only ever used pkgorder to create ISO's, 99% of the time I do NFS-installations and never seen a problem with NOT running pkgorder, only genhdlist. Maybe we both should go read the source :) - Panu -
