Re: Install sequencing

[Mark Hatle <fray@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You can add --percent if you want a _LOT_ of status information.. just 
be aware that is produce an insane amount of status.  (Best if captured 
and interpretted by something else.)

--Mark

Aaron Hanson wrote:
> Yes; all the run-time dependencies are correct. The reason I like
> breaking things up into multiple rpm transactions is because it provides
> more progress information to stdout and stderr. If I remember correctly,
> even 'rpm -Uv' is very quiet for a long time if it is working on a large
> set of packages....
>
> -Aaron 
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Hatle
> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:26 PM
> > To: RPM Package Manager
> > Subject: Re: Install sequencing
> >
> > If you have proper run-time dependencies, you can generally 
> > bootstrap the filesystem (provide a couple of necessary files 
> > and directories) and then do the initial RPM install in one big shot..
> >
> > rpm -i <list of ALL of the packages>
> >
> > (or -U) rpm will automatically reorder the install based on 
> > dependencies.. (but again this assumes you have proper 
> > run-time dependencies in your packages.)
> >
> > --Mark
> >
> > Aaron Hanson wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All-
> > >
> > >    I'm using RPM to install a complete embedded system of 
> > > approximately
> > > 216 packages. Working from an alphbetized list of all the packages, 
> > > I've created a very simple shell script that uses rpmcache, 
> >
> > followed 
> >
> > > by a loop of 'rpm -i --aid' calls into a test install area. The end 
> > > result is what I'd call a properly sequenced list of rpm 
> >
> > transactions 
> >
> > > to install the complete system. But the resulting list is 
> >
> > not optimal; 
> >
> > > it includes some VERY large groups of rpms that could actually be 
> > > broken up into smaller sets.
> > >
> > >    Before I re-invent the wheel; has anyone got a 
> >
> > suggestion on the 
> >
> > > best way to do this?
> > >
> > >    Thanks.
> > >
> > > -Aaron
> >
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