On Saturday 03 February 2007 16:28, Joachim Frieben wrote: > No need to get sarcastic. I mentioned "expect" only as an example, and it's > not even required: already now, the -interactive- user input during an > "anaconda" install procedure is processed in order to produce a valid > kickstart file for later use. I do not see any fundamental difference in > this respect. If packages can be selected by the user at will at install > time, why not prompt him in case of anbiguities when the dependencies get > processed? Once the final package selection has been established, it can be > retained for the kickstart file, and for later automated installs, this > question does not even need to be asked again, ... right? Because the only time this question comes up is _not_ the installer. And you don't use the installer to generate a kickstart file, many of us are perfectly happy creating those by hand, or porting them forward from previous releases. Look, rpm/yum transactions need to be able to be non-interactive. Period. -- Jesse Keating Release Engineer: Fedora
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