On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:12:02 -0600 Rebecca.R.Hepper@xxxxxxxxxxx [rebecca] wrote: rebecca> I am using RH 9.0. I am trying to trim down the packages that get rebecca> installed for security reasons. I am a bit confused by the comps.xml file rebecca> & the difference between mandatory and default?. this means that when installing your distro you'll be able to select some groups, each groups is made of packages which are: - mandatory: will be installed no matter what - default: will be installed but you can 'unselect' them - optional: won't be installed but you can select them if you kickstart the installation process, both mandatory and default will be installed. you can of course get rid of them with a '-' in the package list. -- Alain
