On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 16:23 -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote: > Hi, > b) yum has already some group functionality (groupinstall, groupupdate, > groupremove, groupinfo) that is based on an XML file that is kept in the > repository. But the option --exclude only acts on file names, we need a > --groupexclude. > > We already have a "Java" group, with only 2 packages on it: > > # yum groupinfo Java > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Group Process > Setting up repositories > > Group: Java > Description: Support for running programs written in the Java > programming language. > Mandatory Packages: > libgcj > java-1.4.2-gcj-compat > > We could just make sure all Java packages are in the Java group to make > use of the yum group functionality. > We just need the --groupexclude. > > I will try and create a patch to add a '--groupexclude' as soon as I > finish with the rpm one. why do you need a 'groupexclude' option? I guess I don't understand the use case for it, yet. -sv -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
