Klaus Steden wrote: >>Hello, all - >> >>I've used many suggestions that you guys have provided over the last few >>weeks to create a distribution that I am comfortable with. However, I'd >>like to take it one step further here. >> >>I have created a comps.xml file that I am happy with. It's my >>understanding that this file is referenced to 'RedHat/Base/hdlist{2}' to >>map a package alias name against a real filename. >> >>Am I understanding things correctly that if I want to add my own >>packages to comps.xml, I would somehow need to rebuild a >>'RedHat/Base/hdlist{2}' file(s), including the package names of which I >>would like to add? >> >>Documentation regarding anaconda-runtime is very sparse. The best info >>I've found came from mailing lists. Right now, I'm plowing through the >>anaconda-runtime files trying to see which steps I need to preform. But >>any help from you all would be great. >> > > Someone posted a link to a python script that fairly neatly encapsulates all > the necessary steps (dependency checks, package ordering, and genhdlist) ... I > don't have the link handy - but I've been using it for the last three weeks > (with a few tweaks) and it's working for both 32 and 64-bit versions of RHEL4 > for me. > > If you want a copy I can send you one. > > hth, > Klaus > Thanks for responding, Klaus - Mind just telling me the name of the script? Perhaps I can google for it and get some more information on it, such as some documentation. I'd honestly like to fully understand the entire process, rather than just use a script that does it all for me - however, the idea of an all-in-one tool does sound very appealing. Thanks! -dant