This worked. I looked in comps.xml but didn't see these packages
listed in the mandatory package list.
On 8/15/05, Matt Hyclak <hyclak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:43:55PM -0700, Fong Vang enlightened us:
> > I'm trying to kickstart a Centos 4.1 system with the minimum set of
> > packages. I have no use for ypbind so I'm trying to prevent from
> > being installed, but kickstart/anaconda always insist on its
> > installation (complaining that the package is missing). This is the
> > %packages section of my ks file so far:
> >
> > %packages
> > #-@ dialup
> > kernel
> > grub
> > e2fsprogs
> > lvm2
> > -slocate
> > -bluez-utils
> > -bluez-bluefw
> > -bluez-hcidump-1.11-1.i386.rpm
> > -isdn4k-utils
> > -pcmcia-cs
> > -ppp
> > -wvdial
> > -ypbind
> >
> > as you can see, ypbind is deselected in the ks file. Is ypbind a
> > mandatory package? In the RPMS directory, I tried to determine what
> > package may be requiring ypbind, but I could find any. This is what I
> > used to determine what package may be requiring it:
> >
>
> According to my 4.1 system, ypbind requires yp-tools, and yp-tools requires
> ypbind. Yay for circular dependencies!
>
> yum remove ypbind on my system also removes yp-tools, so if you give your ks
> file a -yp-tools as well, you should be all right, I would think.
>
> Matt
>
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