Hi Brett, Wow, you just made my life simple. Can I have the script, please. Regards, Keith -------- "The linuX Files -- The Source is Out There." -------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Schwarz" <brett_schwarz@xxxxxxxxx> To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 6:19 PM Subject: Re: example minimal comps file + RPM list ? > I created a single CD RH 8.0 CD, but I did it a little different: > > * Used only the BASE and CORE rpms (took out the SRPMs as well) > * Updated with updated RPMs (errata) > * I did not modify the comps.xml file, since I am using Kickstart, and > you can explicitly list the groups that you want. Since I only have > BASE/CORE rpms, I can just list those (although, I left them out since > they install by default). > * Ran genhdlist (I did not do a buildinstall or splitdistro at all) > > This worked for me, since I was using Kickstart. This might not work for > you if you were building a general 1 CD RH install. > > I also wrote a script that reads the comps.xml file, and generates a > list of RPMs for BASE and CORE (you can modify it to use other groups as > well). If this would be helpful to you (or anyone else), I can send it > to you. I also wrote a script that takes that list, and removes all RPMs > not on that list from a directory. > > HTH, > > --brett > > > On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 14:26, Skahan, Vince wrote: > > Can anybody provide a comps.xml file and a matching > > listing of the RPMS directory for a one-cd rh8-based > > distribution (ie, a mini-server)that actually builds ? > > > > I'm trying to build up a mini rh8 from the base+core > > stated to be the minimum, but it appears that buildinstall > > needs 'lots' more rpms than the working minimal o/s does > > to be included in comps.xml and the RPMS tree to successfully > > build a pkgorder.txt file and an image. > > > > It's proving maddeningly difficult to figure out what > > stuff buildinstall needs in addition to the far smaller > > set of stuff that the o/s actually needs to run. > > > > I'm following the steps in the 'Burning a RedHat CD HOWTO' > > as follows: > > - copied rh8.0 cd-1 to /rh80/i386 > > - added in cd-2 and cd-3 rpms to get'em all > > - edited splitdistro a little per the HOWTO to not > > worry about the SRPMS > > - ran genhdlist, buildinstall, splitdistro etc. > > and it seemed to rebuild vanilla 8.0 ok > > - then I tried to strip down the RPMS directory > > removing unneeded stuff, but buildinstall > > blows up trying to build the pkgorder.txt file. > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > > > -- > > ---------- Vince.Skahan@xxxxxxxxxx --------- > > Connexion by Boeing - Cabin Network > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeremy Katz [mailto:katzj@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:27 AM > > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Some documentation on the new XML comps file > > > > > > In an effort to try to answer some of the questions before they get > > asked, I've put up a first go at some documentation on the new XML comps > > file format at http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps.html. It should > > be a complete reference to all of the things which are recognized for > > the file as well as information on how to generate the package lists > > with dependencies and a simple little python script which uses some > > attributes of the file. > > > > I also went ahead and put up the master comps-milan.xml.in file plus the > > po files which are used in generating the final comps.xml. It's a bit > > easier to edit the .in file since it doesn't have the translations > > merged in which makes it shorter and easier to follow. Tarball is at > > http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps-8.0.tar.gz > > > > If anyone has any questions or clarifications, feel free to ask here and > > I'll try to pay enough attention to answer them and update the > > documentation accordingly. We're also going to try to get some other > > things up as we get the time to sit down and work on them. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- > Brett Schwarz > brett_schwarz AT yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
