Kickstart installing what I tell it not to

[Maynard Kuona]

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 03:02, Chris Miller wrote:
> I am try to setup a ks.cfg and every time I run an install with my
> ks.cfg apmd, finger, hotplug, irda-utils, isdn4k-utils, jwhois,
> kernel-pcmcia-cs, make, ppp, procmail, rp-pppoe, sendmail, stunnel,
> talk, usbutils, wireless-tools, wvdial  all keep getting installed.    
> Not sure if its me or KS.
> 
> 
> --Start ks.cfg----
> 
> # Kickstart file.
> 
> #System  language
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
> 
> #System keyboard
> keyboard us
> #System mouse
> mouse --emulthree msintellips/2
> 
> #Sytem timezone
> timezone America/New_York
> 
> #Reboot after installation
> reboot
> #Use text mode install
> #text
> 
> #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade
> install
> #Use Web installation
> url --url ftp://10.0.0.100/fedora/
> #System bootloader configuration
> bootloader --location=mbr --append rhgb
> 
> #System authorization infomation
> auth  --useshadow  --enablecache
> #Network information
> network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0
> #Firewall configuration
> firewall --enabled --ssh
> #XWindows configuration information
> xconfig --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --defaultdesktop=GNOME
> 
> part / --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda1
> part swap --onpart sda2
> part swap --onpart sda3
> part /tmp --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda5
> part /var --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda6
> part /var/log --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda7
> part /usr --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda8
> part /home --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda9
> part /local --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda10
> part /local2 --fstype reiserfs --onpart sda11
> 
> #Package install information
> %packages  --ignoredeps
> acl
> acpid
> anacron
> ash
> aspell
> aspell-en
> at
> atk
> attr
> audiofile
> authconfig
> autofs
> basesystem
> bash
> bc
> beecrypt
> bind-utils
> bzip2
> bzip2-libs
> chkconfig
> chkfontpath
> coreutils
> cpio
> cpp
> cracklib
> cracklib-dicts
> crontabs
> ctags
> cyrus-sasl
> cyrus-sasl-md5
> cyrus-sasl-plain
> db4
> desktop-file-utils
> dev
> devlabel
> dhclient
> diffutils
> dos2unix
> dosfstools
> dump
> e2fsprogs
> ed
> eject
> elfutils
> elfutils-libelf
> esound
> ethtool
> expat
> fam
> fbset
> fedora-logos
> fedora-release
> file
> filesystem
> findutils
> fontconfig
> freetype
> FreeWnn-libs
> ftp
> gawk
> GConf2
> gdbm
> gdk-pixbuf
> gettext
> glib
> glib2
> glibc
> glibc-common
> Glide3
> gmp
> gnome-mime-data
> gnome-python2
> gnome-python2-bonobo
> gnome-python2-canvas
> gnome-vfs2
> gnupg
> gpm
> grep
> groff
> grub
> gtk+
> gtk2
> gzip
> hdparm
> hesiod
> hwdata
> indexhtml
> info
> initscripts
> iproute
> iptables
> iputils
> jfsutils
> joe
> kbd
> kernel
> kernel-smp
> kernel-utils
> krb5-libs
> krbafs
> kudzu
> less
> lftp
> lha
> libacl
> libart_lgpl
> libattr
> libbonobo
> libbonoboui
> libcap
> libgcc
> libgcj
> libglade2
> libgnome
> libgnomecanvas
> libgnomeui
> libIDL
> libjpeg
> libpcap
> libpng
> libstdc++
> libtermcap
> libtiff
> libuser
> libwnck
> libwvstreams
> libxml
> libxml2
> libxml2-python
> libxslt
> linc
> lockdev
> logrotate
> logwatch
> losetup
> lrzsz
> lsof
> lvm
> lynx
> mailcap
> mailx
> MAKEDEV
> man
> man-pages
> mdadm
> mgetty
> mingetty
> minicom
> mkbootdisk
> mkinitrd
> mktemp
> modutils
> mount
> mtools
> mtr
> mt-st
> nano
> ncftp
> ncurses
> netconfig
> net-snmp
> net-tools
> newt
> nfs-utils
> nmap
> nscd
> nss_ldap
> ntp
> ntsysv
> openldap
> openmotif
> openssh
> openssh-clients
> openssh-server
> openssl
> ORBit2
> pam
> pam_krb5
> pam_smb
> pango
> parted
> passwd
> patchutils
> pax
> pciutils
> pcre
> perl
> perl-Filter
> pinfo
> popt
> portmap
> postgresql-libs
> prelink
> procinfo
> procps
> psmisc
> pygtk2
> pygtk2-libglade
> pyOpenSSL
> pyorbit
> python
> python-optik
> pyxf86config
> quota
> raidtools
> rdate
> rdist
> readline
> redhat-config-date
> redhat-config-mouse
> redhat-config-network
> redhat-config-network-tui
> redhat-config-proc
> redhat-config-securitylevel-tui
> redhat-config-services
> redhat-menus
> reiserfs-utils
> rhnlib
> rhpl
> rmt
> rootfiles
> rpm
> rpm-python
> rsh
> rsync
> run
> schedutils
> screen
> sed
> setarch
> setserial
> setup
> setuptool
> shadow-utils
> slang
> slocate
> specspo
> star
> startup-notification
> statserial
> sudo
> switchdesk
> symlinks
> sysklogd
> syslinux
> sysstat
> SysVinit
> tar
> tcpdump
> tcp_wrappers
> tcsh
> telnet
> termcap
> time
> tmpwatch
> traceroute
> ttmkfdir
> tzdata
> unix2dos
> unzip
> up2date
> usermode
> usermode-gtk
> utempter
> util-linux
> vconfig
> vim-common
> vim-enhanced
> vim-minimal
> vim-X11
> vixie-cron
> wget
> which
> words
> Xaw3d
> XFree86
> XFree86-base-fonts
> XFree86-font-utils
> XFree86-libs
> XFree86-libs-data
> XFree86-Mesa-libGL
> XFree86-Mesa-libGLU
> XFree86-tools
> XFree86-xauth
> XFree86-xfs
> xinetd
> xinitrc
> ypbind
> yp-tools
> yum
> zip
> zlib
> -apmd
> -finger
> -hotplug
> -irda-utils
> -isdn4k-utils
> -jwhois
> -kernel-pcmcia-cs
> -make
> -ppp
> -procmail
> -rp-pppoe
> -sendmail
> -stunnel
> -talk
> -usbutils
> -wireless-tools
> -wvdial
> 
> %pre
> dd if=/dev/zero of=dev/sda bs=512 count=20
> sfdisk /dev/sda -D -uM << EOF
> ,1000,83,*
> ,2000,82
> ,2000,82
> ,,E
> ,1000,83
> ,1000,83
> ,2000,83
> ,3000,83
> ,512,83
> ,3500,83
> ,,83
> EOF
> 
> 
> %post
> 
> 
> --End ks.cfg--
> 
Try to do an apt-get remove of those packages and see what happens. They
will show you the dependencies. For instance, I think mdadm has a
dependency on sendmail, so sendmail is added automatically.