On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 08:34, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On 11 Jul 2002, Chris Rouch wrote: > > I've just downloaded the limbo iso's. I noticed that the comps file is > > now comps.xml, and while the format is more obvious, it is also far more > > complicated. > > > > Previously (for 7.2) I customised the comps file to remove all the rpms > > that I didn't want to install. I suspect doing this by hand may be a bit > > trickier. > > > > So I have a couple of questions: > > > > I'm guessing that this file is generated, rather than written by hand - > > if so, how? > > > > Is there a document somewhere that describes the syntax of this file? > > i would think that file is *almost* self-explanatory, but the full > definition of what's allowed would be defined by the "comps.dtd" > Document Type Definition file. is that file publicly readable somewhere? > i'd be interested in checking it out. It will be, along with hopefully at least a short document describing how everything works. Things are still a bit in flux at the moment, though, so it's not all quite together yet. Cheers, Jeremy
