Re: RFC: Creating meta group packages via comps

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On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 06:27 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 11:13 -0700, Christopher Stone wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It should be really easy to make a script that builds metagroup
> >> packages from comps, no?
> >>
> >> This will allow someone to install a group such as kde/gnome as an rpm
> >> package and when packages are removed/added/changed in the comps
> >> groups, the meta group package also changes, and the user gets the
> >> appropriate changes.
> >>
> >> I don't think this is possible now with the groupinstall feature in
> >> yum which IMO is a bad feature since it should be done with meta group
> >> packages as I describe.
> >
> > So you want to make packages based on what is in comps?
> >
> > Whats the point of that if we can just read the comps information
> > itself?
> 
> Not if you use smart or apt.. these tools don't use comps.xml
> 

That's up to them, isn't it? Ask the application maintainer.


-sv


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