Hi yum.conf is always empty, have a look at /etc/yum.repos.d/ There should be some files there defining repos Regards Pablo -- Pablo Iranzo Gómez (http://Alufis35.uv.es/~iranzo/) (PGPKey Available on http://www.uv.es/~iranzop/PGPKey.pgp) -- Postulado de Boling sobre la Ley de Murphy: Si se encuentra bien, no se preocupe. Se le pasará On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Michael DeHaan wrote: > > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote: > >>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >>> > >>>> This is a bit above me. > >>>> > >>>> I use SME 7.3 (which is built on CentOS 4.6) as inhouse production > >>>> server, and then I have my (soon to colocate) test server, which > >>>> currently runs CentOS 5.1 64. > >>>> How would I test an rpm on an already running system? > >>>> > >>> > >>> rpm --test > >>> > >>> and the proposed for testing dependencies: rpm --justdb --root > >>> /tmp/tempath/ package1, package2 > >>> > >>> > >>>> What I have done till now, is todo a base install, and then create > >>>> only > >>>> use the files installed (as per /installation.log) in my new CD. > >>>> There's > >>>> still quite a few programs that I don't need and could probably delete > >>>> them from the CentOS folder on the CD, but I still need to figure out > >>>> how these file are installed. I saw the repodata/comps.xml file, but > >>>> it's LONG, and have a lot of different languages, not some something I > >>>> can take on right now. It's almost easier to run something like "yum > >>>> remove {package-name} from the kickstart file > >>>> > >>> > >>> You can put "-package" at %packages > >>> > >>> In order to have a minimal one just test with "%packages --nobase" > >>> and begin adding packages you find missing on the target system > >>> (ssh, joe, > >>> etc) > >>> > >>> Have a look at the --root trick to check all "really" required > >>> files ;) > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Pablo > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> > >> Ok, this project didn't work as well as I thought. So, I installed an > >> "empty" system, without any repositories as well. > >> I'm going to take a new approach, and install xen, kernel-xen > >> virt-manager & virsh via yum and then use that to build up my rpm > >> list to work with. > >> > >> So, which repositories do I need on CentOS 5.1 x64 to install xen? > >> > > > > All of that should be in the base repos for pretty much any relatively > > recent distro. > > Not sure what "without any repositories means". > > > > This isn't CentOS specific but is worth reading: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora8VirtQuickStart > > > > --Michael > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > Thanx, I'll check out the post. > > For some reason /etc/yum.conf is empty: > > > > [root@gimbli ~]# more /etc/yum.conf > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > keepcache=1 > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=redhat-release > tolerant=1 > exactarch=1 > obsoletes=1 > gpgcheck=1 > plugins=1 > metadata_expire=1800 > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > # in /etc/yum.repos.d > > > > -- > > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > CEO, SoftDux > > Web: http://www.SoftDux.com > Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stugg > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
