FC1, "yum group*" commands

[Dan Trainor]

Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> On 2/18/05 9:54 PM, "Dan Trainor" <info at hostinthebox.net> wrote:
> 
>>Good Evening, Jeff -
>>
>>Yes, it did answer my question absolutely.
>>
>>I am guessing that others are probably wishing this functionality did
>>exist.  So with that being said, what can I do to create a yumgroups.xml
>>that can be used by the FL project?  I would imagine that there is a
>>specific format for such a file, so do you know where I might be able to
>>get more information on this?
>>
>>Thanks a lot
>>-dant
> 
> 
> Hi Dan, in what context have you used the group* commands, and how would you
> like them to be used for FL?  To me, this seems like the type of thing for
> an individual mirror maintainer to setup if they wish, but not something
> that is necessarily good to have on FL's download site.  Personally I've
> used the group* features of yum quite a bit so that I can specify certain
> packages that need to be installed on say 'Instructional' machines or
> 'cluster' machines, but this isn't really related to the purpose of FL which
> is to put out fixes for security issues on past RH releases.
> 
> By the way, there are a couple scripts you could use to create your
> yumgroups.xml file, and you can read more about it on the yum mailing list.
> 
> Scripts are here (similar scripts; the perl one will look through
> directories of RPMs for you):
> http://www.linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/misc/yumgengroups.py
> http://www.linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/misc/yumgroups.pl
> 
> And the mailing list is here:
> https://lists.linux.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
> 
> -Jeff
> 

Jeff -

Very cool, I will definately look into it.

Not being the center focus of what the FL project was all about, I was 
quite hesitant to even ask this question, because I know the group is 
very stressed for time.

I have just moved, and after I get everything unpacked, I plan on having 
the resoueces and time to at the very least do some QA testing, and 
hopefully help out with the verification of packages and such.  I've 
used the resources of the Fedora Legacy project on so many occasions, 
that it would only make sense for me to start to do my part.

Thanks again for the help
-dant