Dan Trainor wrote: > Klaus Steden wrote: > >>>>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. >>> >> >>It was called 'do_update'. >> >>http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/do_update (thanks to my Firefox history!). >> >>Seems pretty straightforward - I haven't learned python yet, but it wasn't too >>daunting. >> >>Klaus >> > > > Klaus - > > Looks to be pretty neat. Seems a bit out of date, but I think the > concept remains the same. > > However, I'm still looking for some documentation that clearly explains > how the procedure is done - what to do after a comps.xml file is edited, > how to create the hdlist files, etc etc. I guess I'll keep searching > here. ANy feeback by others would also be greatly appreciated. > > Again, thanks for the time! > -dant > Forgive me for letting these emails get out-of-sync. I downloaded them to my laptop at home, and have no way to retrieve them - but this was a response, retreived rfom the kickstart-list archives, by Phil: ...snip... On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Dan Trainor wrote: >However, I'm still looking for some documentation that clearly explains >how the procedure is done - what to do after a comps.xml file is >edited, how to create the hdlist files, etc etc. genhdlist, also with (depending whether the anaconda bug still exists) pkgorder. The exact incantations appear in the list archives. ...snip... Phil - I think you're correct, that genhdlist is my answer. I still don't understand exactly how it works. And the exact incantations (nice word, btw - very fitting) do not appear in the list archives. I think I found a total of ~20 emails that had any reference to the string 'genhdlist'. I'm a bit lost for information. The best I've found is a few examples of people who are trying to modify 'base/hdlist{2}'. So I run it, and I get: genhdlist: genhdlist [--withnumbers] [--fileorder <path>] [--hdlist <path>] [--productpath <path>] <paths>+ What does --with-numbers do? What does --fileorder do? What is --hdlist referencing? What is a --productpath? Which additional paths is it asking for? ...and we're just getting started. I'd like to become familiar with all the tools that come with anaconda-runtime-10.0-5, because they *look* to be pretty important and useful. I just can't find any documentation anywhere. I've been telling myself the entire time: "Hold back, don't ask these guys, just RTFM!" - then I think to myself, "Where is TFM?". Is there any formal documentation on the anaconda-runtime suite of utilities? Again, I greatly appreciate the time. Thanks -dant
