No can do :) We're escalating a support case with IBM-GS and Red Hat. I'm not asking for a solution from this group, but thanks for offering. /Brian/ On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 13:12, Neil wrote: > Brian, > > Hacking the comps was the only way I found to get rid of stubborn packages > > Can we/I get a copy of your comps.xml (or a diff against another one > from redhat) and the packages section of the ks.cfg > > I'll build a machine then I can see whats going on > > Neil > > Brian Long wrote: > > Neil, > > > > Hacking the comps file is fine. In our case, we have one comps or > > comps.xml file which encompasses many different setups. > > > > We have an Engineering Workstation, Engineering Server and DMZ Server > > group defined. If I kickstart the DMZ Server group, it pulls in Mozilla > > even though I have --ignoredeps set AND Mozilla is nowhere in the DMZ > > group. elinks is inside the DMZ group and provides "webclient", but > > Mozilla still gets pulled in. This is very frustrating since we don't > > want anything pulled in automagically. We want to specify in the comps > > group exactly what gets installed. > > > > /Brian/ > > > > On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 20:07, Neil wrote: > > > >>I prefer to hack the comps file (now /RedHat/base/comps.xml). You can > >>really say what you want and add you own sense of logic to what goes > >>where when. > >> > >>add your own groups and refer to those in the kickstart file just as you > >>would any other > >> > >>This keeps all your package configs in one file so its much easier to > >>see whats where > >>(ok its not hard searching kickstart files) > >> > >>I have found redhats mandatory package choices are to blame for most of > >>the I said -package but it still gets added > >> > >>You can eat away at Base and remove the many mandatorys to your hearts > >>content > >> > >>some of their choices are crazy > >> > >>hands up who thinks ntsysv should be a mandatory package ? anyone ? > >> > >> > >>>Mac, > >>> > >>>In our environment, we've always used %packages --ignoredeps since we > >>>want to specify each and every package (no automatic dep resolution). > >>>This has worked up until RHEL. We would tune our package set as > >>>needed. We then login to a box and run "rpm -Va --nofiles" and look for > >>>broken dependencies (and fix them). > >>> > >>>RHEL 3 broke the --ignoredeps flag and we've been escalating this for a > >>>few weeks now. Someone decided --ignoredeps should no longer be > >>>implemented :-( but it's still in the documentation. We require this > >>>to properly load DMZ images, etc. Sometimes we want a package installed > >>>even it it relies on a package we don't want installed. > >>> > >>>For some reason, mozilla gets installed as a "webclient" even though > >>>"elinks" also provides "webclient". We don't want mozilla on our DMZ > >>>image, but it gets pulled in anyways. Gotta love "enterprise" linux :-| > >>> > >>>/Brian/ > >>> > >>> > >>>On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 17:12, Mac McClellan wrote: > >>> > >>>>The RedHat Customization Guide for RedHat 9.0 says the following: > >>>> > >>>><snip> > >>>>You can also specify which packages not to install from the default > >>>>package list: > >>>> > >>>>@ Games and Entertainment > >>>>-kdegames > >>>><snip> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>I read that as: "If you want to NOT install a package then put a '-' in > >>>>front of it and it will not install. > >>>> > >>>>I want to NOT install a bunch of packages that are not needed on my > >>>>system. > >>>>The appropriate section of my ks.cfg file looks like this: > >>>> > >>>>%packages --resolvedeps > >>>>@ dns-server > >>>>@ compat-arch-support > >>>>kernel > >>>>grub > >>>>ntp > >>>>-apmd > >>>>-ash > >>>>-aspell-da > >>>>-aspell-de > >>>>-aspell-en-ca > >>>>-aspell-en-gb > >>>>-aspell-es > >>>><snip - a whole bunch more - snip> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>For some reason the installer installs everything anyway. > >>>> > >>>>I'm working with RedHat Enterprise Linux ES. The documentation for > >>>>Kickstart on Enterprise does not seem to exist, but I'm assuming that > >>>>the RedHat 9.0 is virtually the same. > >>>> > >>>>Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? > >>>> > >>>>Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Mac McClellan > >>>>Sr. Network Engineer > >>>>Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. > >>>>75 West Center Street > >>>>Provo, Utah 84601 > >>>>801-437-7295 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Kickstart-list mailing list > >>>>Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > >>> > >>>-- > >>> Brian Long | | | > >>> Americas IT Hosting Sys Admin | .|||. .|||. > >>> Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. > >>> Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Kickstart-list mailing list > >>Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- Brian Long | | | Americas IT Hosting Sys Admin | .|||. .|||. 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