Installing an RPM later on in pkgorder

[Dan Trainor]

Dan Trainor wrote:
> Hello, all -
> 
> I've got another one for ya.
> 
> I have an RPM that I made which I've integrated into comps.xml, and it
> works fine that way.  However, it does start a TCP-based server, which
> itself as a client connects to, to set up some default configuration
> options.
> 
> A few days ago, this RPM was installed next to last in Anaconda, and it
> worked fine.  However, I have since added some more RPMs to comps.xml,
> and now this particular RPM is being installed right in the middle of
> Anaconda.  I believe that this is dictated by using pkgorder.  This RPM
> is no longer installing properly during Anaconda, and some of the errors
> that this RPM is giving upon install, indicate that something regarding
> the TCP/IP subsystem is either not installed yet, or not configured
> properly, as if waiting for another RPM to install later via ANaconda
> and set up the since "broken" service.
> 
> I guess what I'm asking is, is there any way to specify in which order
> RPMs are installed, inside of Anaconda?  I understand that pkgorder does
> it's best to guess to correct order in which to line up packages for
> install with Anaconda, but there's got to be a way to make a few
> exceptions to this, and install the packages in the order that I see fit.
> 
> If anyone has any experience with this, or if they can advise me a bit,
> I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks
> -dant
> 

Hello -

I tried placing my RPM at the "end" of my pkginfo file that's used on
the second genhdlist pass.  The RPM was installed last, but
unfortunately I ran into the same problem.  I suspect now that my
problem is elsewhere.

Thanks for the time
-dant