RE: Alternate comps.xml file?

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> 1) You could then trim Base and Core down to the minimum that 
> you want,
> and then maybe add 2 other groups (i.e. Base2, Core2) that include the
> packages that were taken out of Base and Core. Again, you 
> would have to
> explicitly include these for the regular installs; not sure if that is
> possible for you.

That's a great idea.  Thanks for suggesting it.

> 3) I am not sure if this is possible, but you may be able to copy the
> comps.xml file that you want in the %pre section. It looks 
> like the code
> searches for the comps.xml file in this order: /tmp/updates/
> 'basetree'/RHupdates/ 'basetree'/RedHat/base/ . So, you could copy the
> comps.xml file that you want to /tmp/updates/. I am not sure if this
> will work at all...just pulling ideas out of my ...

I'll give this a shot and let the list know what I find.  If it works,
it would probably be what I'm after.

> Looking through the code quickly, I did not see a way to specify a
> comps.xml file to use though...it looks like the name is hard coded.

That's what I was afraid of, but I haven't looked through the source
yet.





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