Dan Trainor wrote: > 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 Seems a bit out of date, but I think the 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 > Hey, all - Are these questions legit, or am I just being crazy here? ;) Anyone have any documentation on genhdlist? Can I expect my RPMs to "install" normally when installing from Anaconda, or do the RPMs have to be "special"? Frustrated, but appreciating all your time - thanks. -dant
