comps RPM

[Panu Matilainen]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Curtis Doty wrote:

> Matt Sturtz wrote:
>
>>>> On a somewhat related note (to my previous question), is there a
>>>> simple procedure documented someplace for rebuilding the comps.rpm
>>>> file with the new package information?  Seems like this should be
>>>> part of my package update process...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> I've still to figure out what value this RPM actually offers. What is its
>>> history, and what is it supposed to do?

The only thing that uses comps.rpm is system-config-packages (previously 
redhat-config-packages), whether you consider that to be of any value is 
... well, up to you :)

Apt + Synaptic can use it as well through extensions for group operations 
but whether anybody cares anymore ... I guess not. And the apt+synaptic 
support doesn't actually need the rpm itself, it just needs a file in 
format of comps.xml file somewhere on local fs.

 	- Panu -