On Fri, 31 May 2002, Rishi Gangoly wrote: [snip] >I checked for libttf.so.2 in rpmfind.net and found this rpm to have this >file: freetype-1.3.1-5 > >Then I realized that there maybe other rpms that have been installed without >checking for dependencies. > >Is this true? If yes, is there an option in kickstart to do a dependancy >check for all rpms and then auto-install them as well? If there's a way to access Anaconda's dependency resolution routines in kickstart mode, I've never found it. AFAIK, the %package section defines, with the aid of the comps file, all the packages to be installed, and no more (with "Base" included by default). A workaround is to use a test in the %postinstall section to identify missing dependencies, e.g.: %postinstall test -z `rpm -Va --nofiles --noscripts` || error "error" can be anything you like, from logging an error message to installing the missing packages. This would be tricky, probably requiring a combination of rpmdb, "rpm --redhatprovides ...", wrapped up to work recursively. Much like Anaconda can do with manual installations, in fact. Cheers, Phil
