> -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Prindeville > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:25 PM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Factoring RPM sets (and parsing comps.xml) > > [previously asked on anaconda-devel without seeing a response...] > > I may have asked this question before, but I don't remember seeing > an answer that I grokked. Maybe I didn't ask the question correctly. > > My question is this: > > Suppose we have an install disk with a repo on it that specifies the > following package sets (hypothetically) > > @SYSTEM = sbin sbin-utils sbin-diags devices core modsupport > @DEVEL-BASE = gcc bin-utils gdb gprof gld > ... > > I'd like to be able to come up with a compact notation for expressing > what is on an installed system using the package sets with additions/ > deletions. For example, suppose the running system has: It does not exist, that is why no one answered (at least to my knowledge). What your looking for is a way of representing sets of packages/components and then seeing how other sets of packages/components compare to them. Perl or Python would be a good starting place. Good Luck...james
